Skip to content
Register Sign in Wishlist
Rethinking the Scientific Revolution

Rethinking the Scientific Revolution

Margaret J. Osler, Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs, Peter Barker, Bruce Janacek, Pamela Smith, William E. Burns, Jane E. Jenkins, Lawrence M. Principe, Richard H. Popkin
View all contributors
  • Date Published: May 2000
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9780521667906

Paperback

Add to wishlist

Other available formats:
Hardback, eBook


Looking for an inspection copy?

This title is not currently available on inspection

Description
Product filter button
Description
Contents
Resources
Courses
About the Authors
  • This book challenges the traditional historiography of the Scientific Revolution, probably the single most important unifying concept in the history of science. Usually referring to the period from Copernicus to Newton (roughly 1500 to 1700), the Scientific Revolution is considered to be the central episode in the history of science, the historical moment at which that unique way of looking at the world that we call 'modern science' and its attendant institutions emerged. It has been taken as the terminus a quo of all that followed. Starting with a dialogue between Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs and Richard S. Westfall, whose understanding of the Scientific Revolution differed in important ways, the papers in this volume reconsider canonical figures, their areas of study, and the formation of disciplinary boundaries during this seminal period of European intellectual history.

    • Good overview of recent scholarship and trends in the field
    • Covers a central episode in the history of science; the Scientific Revolution
    • Challenges traditional historiography of the Scientific Revolution
    Read more

    Customer reviews

    Not yet reviewed

    Be the first to review

    Review was not posted due to profanity

    ×

    , create a review

    (If you're not , sign out)

    Please enter the right captcha value
    Please enter a star rating.
    Your review must be a minimum of 12 words.

    How do you rate this item?

    ×

    Product details

    • Date Published: May 2000
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9780521667906
    • length: 356 pages
    • dimensions: 230 x 153 x 21 mm
    • weight: 0.485kg
    • contains: 5 b/w illus.
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    Introduction: the canonical imperative: rethinking the scientific revolution Margaret J. Osler
    Part I. The Canon in Question:
    1. Newton as final cause and first mover Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs
    2. The scientific revolution reasserted
    Part II. Canonical Disciplines Reformed:
    3. The role of religion in the Lutheran response to Copernicus Peter Barker
    4. Catholic natural philosophy: alchemy and the revivication of Sir Kenelm Digby Bruce Janacek
    5. Vital spirits: redemption, artisanship, and the new philosophy of Early Modern Europe Pamela Smith
    6. 'The terriblest eclipse that hath been seen in our days': Black Monday and the debate on astrology during the Interregnum William E. Burns
    7. Arguing about nothing: Henry More and Robert Boyle on the theological implications of the void Jane E. Jenkins
    Part III. Canonical Figures Reconsidered:
    8. Pursuing knowledge: Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton Lawrence M. Principe
    9. The alchemies of Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton: alternative approaches and divergent deployments
    10. The Janus faces of science in the seventeenth century: Athanasius Kircher and Isaac Newton
    11. The nature of Newton's 'holy alliance' between science and religion: from the scientific revolution to Newton (and back again)
    12. Newton and Spinoza and the Bible scholarship of the day Richard H. Popkin
    13. The fate of the date: the theology of Newton's Principia revisited
    Part IV. The Canon Reconstructed:
    14. The truth of Newton's science and the truth of science's history: heroic science at its eighteenth-century formulation.

  • Editor

    Margaret J. Osler, University of Calgary

    Contributors

    Margaret J. Osler, Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs, Peter Barker, Bruce Janacek, Pamela Smith, William E. Burns, Jane E. Jenkins, Lawrence M. Principe, Richard H. Popkin

Related Books

also by this author

Sorry, this resource is locked

Please register or sign in to request access. If you are having problems accessing these resources please email lecturers@cambridge.org

Register Sign in
Please note that this file is password protected. You will be asked to input your password on the next screen.

» Proceed

You are now leaving the Cambridge University Press website. Your eBook purchase and download will be completed by our partner www.ebooks.com. Please see the permission section of the www.ebooks.com catalogue page for details of the print & copy limits on our eBooks.

Continue ×

Continue ×

Continue ×
warning icon

Turn stock notifications on?

You must be signed in to your Cambridge account to turn product stock notifications on or off.

Sign in Create a Cambridge account arrow icon
×

Find content that relates to you

Join us online

This site uses cookies to improve your experience. Read more Close

Are you sure you want to delete your account?

This cannot be undone.

Cancel

Thank you for your feedback which will help us improve our service.

If you requested a response, we will make sure to get back to you shortly.

×
Please fill in the required fields in your feedback submission.
×