The Construction of Modern Science
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This introduction to the history of science in the seventeenth century examines the so-called 'scientific revolution' in terms of the interplay between two major themes. The Platonic-Pythagorean tradition looked on nature in geometric terms with the conviction that the cosmos was constructed according to the principles of mathematical order, while…
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No better overall treatment of the Scientific Revolution during the 17th century is available for the reader who would encounter this material for the first time.
I used this book as a major text in my survey course on the history of modern science. The author also wrote arguably the leading biography of Isaac Newton.
From Robert's list on the physical sciences and natural philosophy.
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