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Revolutionizing the Sciences

European Knowledge and Its Ambitions, 1500-1700

Revolutionizing the Sciences( )
Author: Dear, Peter
ISBN:978-0-691-08860-0
Publication Date:Apr 2001
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $45.99
Book Description:

From Copernicus, who put the earth in orbit around the sun, to Isaac Newton, who gave the world universal gravitation, the Scientific Revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries transformed the way that Europeans understood their world. In this book, Peter Dear offers an accessible introduction to the origins of modern science for both students and general readers. Beginning with "what was worth knowing in 1500," Dear takes the reader through natural...
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Book Details
Pages:216
Detailed Subjects: Science / History
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.24 x 22.86 x 1.245 cm
Book Weight:0.341 Kilograms



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