What Galileo saw : imagining the scientific revolution /

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"The Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century has often been called a decisive turning point in human history. It represents, for good or ill, the birth of modern science and modern ways of viewing the world. In What Galileo Saw, Lawrence Lipking offers a new perspective on how to under...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lipking, Lawrence, 1934- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2014.
Temas:
Galilei, Galileo, > 1564-1642 > Influence.
Galilei, Galileo, > 1564-1642
1600-1699
Literature and science > History > 17th century.
Science > History > 17th century.
Littérature et sciences > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Sciences > Histoire > 17e siècle.
REFERENCE > Questions & Answers.
ART > History > Renaissance.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Intellectual life
Literature and science
Science
Europe > Intellectual life > 17th century.
Europe > Vie intellectuelle > 17e siècle.
Europe
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introducing a revolution
  • What Galileo saw: two fables of sound and seeing
  • Kepler's progress: imagining the future
  • The poetry of the world: a natural history of poetics
  • "Look there, look there!": imagining life in King Lear
  • The dream of Descartes
  • A history of error: Robert Fludd, Thomas Browne, and the Harrow of Truth
  • The century of genius (1): Measuring up
  • The century of genius (2): Hooke, Newton, and the system of the world
  • Revolution and its discontents: the skeptical challenge
  • Appendix 1: The fable of sound
  • Appendix 2: Descartes' Three dreams.

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