The scientific revolution, 1500-1800 : the formation of the modern scientific attitude / A.R. Hall, lecturer in the history of science, University of Cambridge, and fellow of Christ's College
1954, First Edition. London [England] ; New York [New York] ; Toronto [Ontario] : Longmans, Green and Co. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #406212
Physical description: xvii, 390 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes: "Bibliographical notes": pages 375-379.
Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Introduction -- Science in 1500 -- New currents in the sixteenth century -- The attack on tradition : mechanics -- The attack on tradition : astronomy -- Experiment in biology -- The principles of science in the early seventeenth century -- The organization of scientific inquiry -- Technical factors in the scientific revolution -- The principate of Newton -- Descriptive biology and systematics -- The origins of chemistry -- Experimental physics in the eighteenth century -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Botanical illustration -- Appendix B: Comparisons of the Ptolemaic and Copernican systems -- Appendix C: Scientific books before 1500. Subjects: 16th Century; 17th Century; 18th Century; Science History; Science Methodology; Science Philosophy; Philosophy history.
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