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| Autore principale: | Jacob, Margaret C., 1943-
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| Titolo: | The scientific revolution : a brief history with documents / Margaret C. Jacob. |
| Edizione: | 2. ed |
| Pubblicazione: | Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, c2019. |
| Descrizione fisica: | XIII, 145 p. ; 21 cm |
| Serie: | The Bedford series in history and culture |
| Contiene: | Indice: Foreword. Preface. Illustrations. Pt. 1. Introduction: The evolution and impact of the scientific revolution: 1. Why did the scientific revolution happen? 2. Aristotle, Ptolemy, and their early modern defenders 3. Exploration and technological innovation 4. The emergence of the scientific revolution 5. The new science 6. The mechanical philosophy 7. Newtonian science 8. Reconciling science, religion, and magic 9. Spreading the scientific revolution. Conclusion: The long road to acceptance. Pt. 2. The documents: 1. On the revolutions of the heavenly orbs / Nicolaus Copernicus 2. The advancement of learning (1605) / Francis Bacon 3. The starry messenger (1610) / Galileo Galilei 4. Dialogue concerning the two chief world systems (1632) / Galileo Galilei 5. On the motion of the heart and blood in animals (1628) / William Harvey 6. Discourse on method (1637) / Rene Descartes 7. New experiments physico-mechanical (1660) / Robert Boyle 8. A free-enquiry into the vulgarly received notion of nature (1686) / Robert Boyle 9. Letter to philosophical transactions of the Royal society (1672) / Isaac Newton 10. Selections from Principia (1687) / Isaac Newton 11. Thirty-first query to the opticks (1718) / Isaac Newton 12. The celestial worlds discovered (1698) / Christiaan Huygens 13. Letter about her scientific work (1702) / Maria Sibylla Merian 14. Butterfly, hawk-moth, caterpillar (1705) / Maria Sibylla Merian 15. Letters to Serena (1704) / John Toland 16. The monadology (1714) / Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 17. Physico-mechanical lectures (1717) / Jean T. Desaguliers 18. Experiments and observations on electricity made at Philadelphia in America (1751) / Benjamin Franklin. Appendixes: 1. A chronology of the scientific revolution (1514-1752) 2. Questions for consideration 3. Selected bibliography. Index |
| Visionato in: | IMSS |
| ISBN: | 9781319113131 |
| Altri autori: | Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543.
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626. Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642. Harvey, William, 1578-1657. Descartes, René, 1596-1650. Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691. Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727. Huygens, Christiaan, 1629-1695. Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717. Toland, John, 1670-1722. Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, 1646-1716. Desaguliers, John Theophilus, 1683-1744. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. |
| Discipline: | Scienze--Testi e Carteggi. |
| Keyword: | Testi e Carteggi--Scienze. |
| Sudd. cronologiche: | Rinascimento. Secolo XVII. Secolo XVIII. |
| Collocazione: | LS 21242 |
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