The invention of science a new history of the scientific revolution
"The Invention of Science goes back five hundred years in time to chronicle this crucial transformation, exploring the factors that led to its birth and the people who made it happen. Wootton argues that the Scientific Revolution was actually five separate yet concurrent events that developed i...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[London] :
Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books
2015
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| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991007759259708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
| Sumario: | "The Invention of Science goes back five hundred years in time to chronicle this crucial transformation, exploring the factors that led to its birth and the people who made it happen. Wootton argues that the Scientific Revolution was actually five separate yet concurrent events that developed independently, but came to intersect and create a new worldview. Here are the brilliant iconoclasts--Galileo, Copernicus, Brahe, Newton, and many more curious minds from across Europe--whose studies of the natural world challenged centuries of religious orthodoxy and ingrained superstition,"--Amazon.com. |
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| Descripción Física: | xiv, 769 p., [16] p. de lám. : il. ; 24 cm |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [655]-722) e índice |
| ISBN: | 9781846142109 |
