{"product_id":"the-rise-of-modern-science-explained-a-comparative-history-hardback-9781107120068","title":"The Rise of Modern Science Explained; A Comparative History (Hardback) 9781107120068","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Rise of Modern Science Explained\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Comparative History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAuthoritative and highly accessible account of how and why modern science arose in Europe through sustained comparison with other civilisations.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eH. Floris Cohen (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107120068, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 September 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages, 15 b\/w illus.  3 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.58 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This is truly an impressive feat of scholarship … The project that Cohen has offered to us is enormously engaging and stimulating. This volume will lead some readers back to his previous two works to explore these questions in more detail.' Babak Ashrafi, Metascience\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFor centuries, laymen and priests, lone thinkers and philosophical schools in Greece, China, the Islamic world and Europe reflected with wisdom and perseverance on how the natural world fits together. As a rule, their methods and conclusions, while often ingenious, were misdirected when viewed from the perspective of modern science. In the 1600s thinkers such as Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, Bacon and many others gave revolutionary new twists to traditional ideas and practices, culminating in the work of Isaac Newton half a century later. It was as if the world was being created anew. But why did this recreation begin in Europe rather than elsewhere? This book caps H. Floris Cohen's career-long effort to find answers to this classic question. Here he sets forth a rich but highly accessible account of what, against many odds, made it happen and why.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: the old world and the new\u003cbr\u003e 1. To begin at the beginning: nature-knowledge in Greece and China\u003cbr\u003e 2. Islamic civilization and medieval and Renaissance-Europe\u003cbr\u003e 3. Three revolutionary transformations\u003cbr\u003e 4. A crisis surmounted\u003cbr\u003e 5. Expansion, threefold\u003cbr\u003e 6. Revolutionary transformation continued\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: a look back and a look ahead\u003cbr\u003e Timeline 1: pre-1600\u003cbr\u003e Timeline 2: 1600–1700\u003cbr\u003e Literature\u003cbr\u003e Provenance of quoted passages\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e], General \u0026amp; world history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on General \u0026amp; world history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22General%20\u0026amp;%20world%20history%20%5BHBG%5D%22\"\u003eHBG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913200623896,"sku":"9781107120068","price":72.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107120068i_71522271-5864-413e-8e45-50bca5497586.jpg?v=1696793460","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-rise-of-modern-science-explained-a-comparative-history-hardback-9781107120068","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}