Voyaging in strange seas : the great revolution in science /

In 1492 Columbus set out across the Atlantic; in 1776 American colonists declared their independence. Between these two events old authorities collapsed, Luther's Reformation divided churches, and various discoveries revealed the ignorance of the ancient Greeks and Romans. A new, empirical worl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Knight, David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, 2014.
Temas:
Science > History.
Discoveries in science > History.
Scientific expeditions > History.
Expeditions > history
Science > history
Sciences > Histoire.
Découvertes scientifiques > Histoire.
Expéditions scientifiques > Histoire.
SCIENCE > History.
Discoveries in science
Science
Scientific expeditions
Naturwissenschaften
Forschungsreise
Ontdekkingsreizen.
Vetenskap > historia.
Vetenskapliga upptäckter.
Vetenskapliga expeditioner.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Voyaging in strange seas
  • The deep roots of modern science
  • Refining common sense : the new philosophy
  • Looking up to heaven : mathematics and telescopes
  • Interrogating nature : the use of experiment
  • Through nature to nature's God : the two books
  • Sharing the vision : scientific societies
  • Life is short, science long : the healing art
  • Making things better : practical science
  • The ladder of creation : the rise of natural history
  • A global perspective : exploring and measuring
  • Enlightenment : leisure, electricity and chemistry
  • Revolution, evolution : how then, did science grow?
  • Notes
  • Further reading
  • Illustration acknowledgements
  • Index.

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