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The Cambridge History of Science

Volume 3. Early Modern Science

Part of The Cambridge History of Science

Editors:
Katharine Park, Harvard University, Massachusetts
Lorraine Daston, Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Berlin

Katharine Park, Lorraine Daston, Daniel Garber, Lynn S. Joy, Peter Dear, Richard W. Serjeantson, Steven Shapin, Londa Schiebinger, William Eamon, Alix Cooper, Anthony Grafton, Bruce T. Moran, Paula Findlen, Pamela H. Smith, Kelly DeVries, Adrian Johns, Steven J. Harris, Ann Blair, Harold J. Cook, Klaus A. Vogel, Alisha Rankin, William R. Newman, Brian P. Copenhaver, H. Darrel Rutkin, William Donahue, Paolo Mancosu, Domenico Bertoloni Meli, Jim Bennett, Kirsti Andersen, Henk J. M. Bos, Rivka Feldhay, Mary Baine Campbell, Carmen Niekrasz, Claudia Swan, Dorinda Outram

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Date Published: September 2016
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isbn: 9781107553668

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This book provides a comprehensive account of knowledge of the natural world in Europe, c.1500–1700. Often referred to as the Scientific Revolution, this period saw major transformations in fields as diverse as anatomy and astronomy, natural history and mathematics. Articles by leading specialists describe in clear, accessible prose supplemented by extensive bibliographies, how new ideas, discoveries, and institutions shaped the ways in which nature came to be studied, understood, and used. Part I frames the study of 'The New Nature' in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Part II surveys the 'Personae and Sites of Natural Knowledge'. Part III treats the study of nature by discipline, following the classification of the sciences current in early modern Europe. Part IV takes up the implications of the new natural knowledge for religion, literature, art, gender, and European identity.
- The most comprehensive and in-depth account of the knowledge of nature in early modern Europe available in English
- The combination of clear prose and extensive bibliographies make the articles accessible to students, scholars, and specialists
- Transforms the traditional understanding of the Scientific Revolution by broadening the range of people, sites and activities associated with it
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'Undoubtedly this hefty volume is a necessary addition to the libraries of early modern scholars and to the bibliography of any course covering science in the early modern period.' British Journal for the History of Science

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- Date Published: September 2016
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107553668
- length: 894 pages
- dimensions: 230 x 152 x 54 mm
- weight: 1.32kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Notes on contributors
General editors' preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: the age of the new Katharine Park and Lorraine Daston
Part I. The New Nature:
2. Physics and foundations Daniel Garber
3. Scientific explanation Lynn S. Joy
4. The meanings of experience Peter Dear
5. Proof and persuasion Richard W. Serjeantson
Part II. Personae and Sites of Natural Knowledge:
6. The man of science Steven Shapin
7. Women of natural knowledge Londa Schiebinger
8. Markets, piazzas, and villages William Eamon
9. Homes and households Alix Cooper
10. Libraries and lecture halls Anthony Grafton
11. Courts and academies Bruce T. Moran
12. Anatomy theaters, botanical gardens, and natural history collections Paula Findlen
13. Laboratories Pamela H. Smith
14. Sites of military science and technology Kelly DeVries
15. Coffeehouses and print shops Adrian Johns
16. Networks of travel, correspondence, and exchange Steven J. Harris
Part III. Dividing the Study of Nature:
17. Natural philosophy Ann Blair
18. Medicine Harold J. Cook
19. Natural history Paula Findlen
20. Cosmography Klaus A. Vogel (translated by Alisha Rankin)
21. From alchemy to 'chymistry' William R. Newman
22. Magic Brian P. Copenhaver
23. Astrology H. Darrel Rutkin
24. Astronomy William Donahue
25. Acoustics and optics Paolo Mancosu
26. Mechanics Domenico Beroloni Meli
27. The mechanical arts Jim Bennett
28. Pure mathematics Kirsti Andersen and Henk J. M. Bos
Part IV. Cultural Meanings of Natural Knowledge:
29. Religion Rivka Feldhay
30. Literature Mary Baine Campbell
31. Art Carmen Niekrasz and Claudia Swan
32. Gender Dorinda Outram
33. European expansion and self-definition Klaus A. Vogel (translated by Alisha Rankin)
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Editors
Katharine Park, Harvard University, Massachusetts
Lorraine Daston is Director at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science and Honorary Professor at the Humboldt-Universität, Berlin. She is the author of Wonders and the Order of Nature, 1150–1750 (with Katharine Park, 1998) and Wunder, Beweise und Tatsachen: Zur Geschichte der Rationalität (2001).
Lorraine Daston, Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Berlin
Katharine Park is Zemurray Stone Radcliffe Professor of the History of Science and of the Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality at Harvard University, Massachusetts. She is the author of Doctors and Medicine in Early Renaissance Florence (1985), and Secrets of Women: Gender, Generation and the Origins of Human Dissection (2007). Her work has appeared in Isis, The Renaissance Quarterly, and Renaissance Studies, and many periodicals.
Contributors
Katharine Park, Lorraine Daston, Daniel Garber, Lynn S. Joy, Peter Dear, Richard W. Serjeantson, Steven Shapin, Londa Schiebinger, William Eamon, Alix Cooper, Anthony Grafton, Bruce T. Moran, Paula Findlen, Pamela H. Smith, Kelly DeVries, Adrian Johns, Steven J. Harris, Ann Blair, Harold J. Cook, Klaus A. Vogel, Alisha Rankin, William R. Newman, Brian P. Copenhaver, H. Darrel Rutkin, William Donahue, Paolo Mancosu, Domenico Bertoloni Meli, Jim Bennett, Kirsti Andersen, Henk J. M. Bos, Rivka Feldhay, Mary Baine Campbell, Carmen Niekrasz, Claudia Swan, Dorinda Outram