The Invention Of Science: A New History Scientific Revolution David Wootton Penguin Books Ltd Αγγλικά Βιβλία Science General

We Live In A World Made By Science How And When Did This Happen? Book Tells The Story Of Extraordinary Intellectual Cultural Revolution That Gave Birth To Modern Mounts Major Challenge Prevailing Orthodoxy Its History Before 1492 It Was Assumed All Significant Knowledge Already Available There No Concept Progress People Looked For Understanding Past Not Future Argues Discovery America Demonstrated New Possible: Indeed Introduced Very \ Discovery\ Opened Way Invention First Crucial Tycho Brahe\ S Nova 1572: Proof Could Be Change Heavens Telescope (1610) Rendered Old Astronomy Obsolete Torricelli\ Experiment With Vacuum (1643) Led Directly Triumph Experimental Method Royal Society Boyle Newton 1750 Newtonianism Being Celebrated Throughout Europe Consist Simply Discoveries Or Methods Relied On What Might Came Language: Facts Experiments Hypotheses Theories Laws Nature - Almost These Terms Existed But Their Meanings Were Radically Transformed So They Became Tools Which Think Scientifically Now Speak Language Invented During Scientific Culture Had Martyrs (Bruno Galileo) Heroes (Kepler Boyle) Propagandists (Voltaire Diderot) Patient Labourers (Gilbert Hooke) Rationalism Killing Off Alchemy Astrology Belief Witchcraft Steam Engine Industrial David Wootton\ Landmark Changes Our Great Transformation About Is Σελίδες: 784 Διαστάσεις: 13X13Cm