The Scientific Revolution Aspirations and

An introduction to the Scientific Revolution, this book describes the fundamental changes in our understanding of the natural world that occurred in the 16th and 17th centuries. These changes led to a rejection of ancient and medieval thinking about the universe and gave birth to modern science.

List of Illustrations

ix

Series Editors' Preface

xi

Introduction

xiii

The Classical Legacy

1

(18)

Cosmological Renewal and Corrosive Doubt

19

(22)

The New Science

41

(26)

Science in Seventeenth-Century France

67

(26)

Science in Seventeenth-Century England

93

(40)

Selected Bibliography

133

(8)

Index

141

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The Scientific Revolution Aspirations and Achievements, 1500-1700

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