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Revolutionising the Sciences: European Knowledge and Its Ambitions, 1500-1700
Peter Dear
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Hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
The European expansion around the globe, which began in the sixteenth century, carried with it new conceptions of knowledge itself. Francis Bacon famously asserted that 'knowledge is power' this book attempts to go beneath the oft quoted slogan to see the various ways in which this conviction played itself out in shaping new perceptions of what natural knowledge was, and what it was good for, in this crucial period. Peter Dear covers the key figures of the period, including Galileo, Copernicus, Kepler and Newton and the important schools of thought to create a picture of the development of scientific thought ... Read more
The European expansion around the globe, which began in the sixteenth century, carried with it new conceptions of knowledge itself. Francis Bacon famously asserted that 'knowledge is power' this book attempts to go beneath the oft quoted slogan to see the various ways in which this conviction played itself out in shaping new perceptions of what natural knowledge was, and what it was good for, in this crucial period. Peter Dear covers the key figures of the period, including Galileo, Copernicus, Kepler and Newton and the important schools of thought to create a picture of the development of scientific thought ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333715734
SKU
KAC0004170
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About Peter Dear
PETER DEAR is Professor of History and of Science and Technology Studies at Cornell University.
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