Voyaging in strange seas : the great revolution in science
Knight, David M.2014
Book
In 1492 Columbus set out across the Atlantic; in 1776 American colonists declared their independence. Between these two events old authorities collapsed and a new, empirical worldview had arrived, focusing now on observation, experiment and mathematical reasoning. This book takes us along on a voyage of discovery that ushered in the modern age.
Main title:
Voyaging in strange seas : the great revolution in science / David Knight.
Author:
Imprint:
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2014.
Collation:
329 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1.Voyaging in Strange Seas -- 2.The Deep Roots of Modern Science -- 3.Refining Common Sense: The New Philosophy -- 4.Looking Up to Heaven: Mathematics and Telescopes -- 5.Interrogating Nature: The Use of Experiment -- 6.Through Nature to Nature's God: The Two Books -- 7.Sharing the Vision: Scientific Societies -- 8.Life Is Short, Science Long: The Healing Art -- 9.Making Things Better: Practical Science -- 10.The Ladder of Creation: The Rise of Natural History -- 11.A Global Perspective: Exploring and Measuring -- 12.Enlightenment: Leisure, Electricity and Chemistry -- 13.Revolution, Evolution: How, Then, Did Science Grow?.
ISBN:
9780300173796 (cl alk paper)
Dewey class:
509
LC class:
Q125
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
122318
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | -Science and Nature | SCIENCE 509 KNIG | Available |