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Discipline and Experience : the Mathematical Way in the Scientific Revolution.
Although the Scientific Revolution has long been regarded as the beginning of modern science, there has been little consensus about its true character. While the application of mathematics to the study of the natural world has always been recognized as an important factor, the role of experiment has...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
1995.
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| Colección: | Science & Its Conceptual Foundations.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Although the Scientific Revolution has long been regarded as the beginning of modern science, there has been little consensus about its true character. While the application of mathematics to the study of the natural world has always been recognized as an important factor, the role of experiment has been less clearly understood. Peter Dear investigates the nature of the change that occurred during this period, focusing particular attention on evolving notions of experience and how these developed into the experimental work that is at the center of modern science. He examines seventeenth-centur. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (306 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-279) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226139524 0226139522 9780226139432 0226139433 1283058162 9781283058162 9786613058164 6613058165 |