Short History of Scientific Thought

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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An essential introductory textbook that shows students how science came to be such an important aspect of modern culture. Lively and readable, it provides a rich historical survey of the major developments in scientific thought, from the Ancient Greeks to the twentieth century. John Henry also explains how new scientific theories have emerged and analyses their impact on contemporary thinking.This is an ideal core text for modules on the History of Science, Medicine and Technology, or the History and Philosophy of Science - or a supplementary text for broader modules on European History or Intellectual History - which may be offered at the upper levels of an undergraduate History, Philosophy or Science degree. In addition it is a crucial resource for students who may be studying the history of science for the first time as part of a taught postgraduate degree in European History, Intellectual History, Science or Philosophy.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-11-29
Mått:152 x 231 x 18 mm
Vikt:499 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Bloomsbury 3PL
Antal sidor:328
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780230019430
Utmärkelser:Winner of Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 2012

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JOHN HENRY Professor of the History of Science at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He has published widely in the history of science from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, including The Scientific Revolution and the Origins of Modern Science, now in its third edition

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A Short History of Scientific Thought offers a traditional survey of the development of Western natural philosophy and mathematical sciences and traces their transformation into basic subject fields of modern scientific inquiry and today’s chief scientific theories, for example quantum mechanics and evolution … Henry’s book is a suitable replacement for twentieth-century surveys used in the undergraduate classroom, a use that is enhanced by his emphasis on scientific content and minimal engagement with historiographical debate.

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionSetting the ScenePlato and AristotleFrom the Roman Empire to the Empire of IslamThe Western Middle AgesThe RenaissanceNicholas Copernicus anda New WorldNew Methods of ScienceBringing Mathematics and Natural Philosophy Together: Johannes KeplerMathematics and Mechanics: Galileo GalileiPractice and Theory in Renaissance Medicine: William Harvey and the Circulation of the BloodThe Spirit of System: René Descartes and the Mechanical PhilosophyThe Royal Society and Experimental PhilosophyExperiment, Mathematics, and Magic: Isaac NewtonNewton's Legacy: Forces and Fluids (electricity and heat)The Chemical Revolution: From Newton to John Dalton, via Priestley and LavoisierNatural Theology and Natural Order: Newtonian Optimism and the History of ScienceThe Making of Geology: From James Hutton to Charles Lyell via CatastrophismThe History of Plants and Animals: Successive Emergence or Evolution?Religion and Progress in Victorian Britain: Robert Chambers versus Hugh MillerBringing it All Together?: Charles Darwin's EvolutionDarwinian Aftermaths: Religion; Social Science; BiologyBeyond Newton: Energy and ThermodynamicsNewton Deposed: Einstein and Relativity TheoryMathematics Instead of a World Picture: From Atomism to Quantum TheoryAfterwordIndex.