The diffident naturalist : Robert Boyle and the philosophy of experiment /

In a provocative reassessment of one of the quintessential figures of early modern science, Rose-Mary Sargent explores Robert Boyle's philosophy of experiment, a central aspect of his life and work that became a model for mid- to late seventeenth-century natural philosophers and for many who fo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sargent, Rose-Mary
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1995.
Colección:Science and its conceptual foundations.
Temas:
Boyle, Robert, > 1627-1691.
Boyle, Robert, > 1627-1691
Boyle, Robert, > (1627-1691) > Philosophie.
Boyle, Robert.
Scientists > Great Britain > Biography.
SCIENCE > Physics > General.
SCIENCE > Mechanics > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
SCIENCE > Energy.
Scientists
Experiment
Philosophie
Biografie
Natuurwetenschappen.
Natuurfilosofie.
Experimenten.
Great Britain
Science
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:In a provocative reassessment of one of the quintessential figures of early modern science, Rose-Mary Sargent explores Robert Boyle's philosophy of experiment, a central aspect of his life and work that became a model for mid- to late seventeenth-century natural philosophers and for many who followed them. Sargent examines the philosophical, legal, experimental, and religious traditions--among them English common law, alchemy, medicine, and Christianity--that played a part in shaping Boyle's experimental thought and practice. The roots of his philosophy in his early life and education, in his re.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 355 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-335) and index.
ISBN:9780226735627
0226735621

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