How modern science came into the world : four civilizations, one 17th-century breakthrough / H. Floris Cohen.
Pubblicazione:
Amsterdam : Amsterdam university press, c2010.
Descrizione fisica:
XL, 784 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Preface. Prologue: Solving the problem of the scientific revolution. Pt. 1. Nature-knowledge in traditional society: 1. Greek foundations, Chinese contrasts 2. Greek nature-knowledge transplanted: the Islamic world 3. Greek nature knowledge transplanted in part: Medieval Europe 4. Greek nature knowledge transplanted and more: Renaissance Europe. Pt. 2. Three revolutionary transformations: 5. The first transformation: realist-mathematica science 6. The second transformation: a kinetic corpuscularian philosophy 7. The third transformation: to find facts through experiment 8. Concurrence explained 9. Prospects around 1640. Pt. 3. Dynamics of the revolution: 10. Achievements and limitations of realist-mathematical science 11. Achievements and limitations of kinetic corpuscularianism 12. Legitimacy in the balance 13. Achievements and limitations of fact-finding experimentalism 14. Nature knowledge decompartimentalized 15. The fourth transformation: corpuscular motion geometrized 16. The fifth transformation: the Baconian brew 17. Legitimacy of a new kind 18. Nature knowledge by 1684: the achievement so far 19. The sixth transformation: the Newtonian synthesis. Epilogue: A dual legacy. Endnotes. Name index. Subject index
Note galileane:
Per Galilei cfr., in particolare, p. 178-200, 418-422, 428-432 e passim
Shea, William R. 1937- Galileo then and now.