A history of Western science : the basics / Rienk Vermij ; translated by Liz Waters.
Pubblicazione:
Abingdon : Routledge, 2024.
Descrizione fisica:
XIII, 255 p. ; 20 cm
Serie:
The basic series
Contiene:
Indice: Introduction. Pt. 1. The scientific revolution: 1. Antiquity and the Middle Ages 2. The sixteenth century: the Aristotelian worldview in decline 3. The seventeenth century: a new worldview. Pt. 2. Autonomous science: methods, theories and researchers (1700-2000): 4. The eighteenth century: disseminating the idea of science 5. The nineteenth century (i): science at the service of the rationalization of society 6. The nineteenth century (ii): professional science 7. The twentieth century: industrial science. Pt. 3. The scientific worldview: 8. The origin of the world 9. The nature of life and the origin of human beings 10. The nature of reality 11. The influence of science on the general worldview. Concluding remarks. Futher reading. Index
