Author:
Cohen, H. Floris.
Imprint:Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, c2010.
Descriptionxl, 784 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:Prologue: solving the problem of the scientific revolution -- Greek foundations, Chinese contrasts -- Greek nature-knowledge transplanted: the Islamic world -- Greek nature-knowledge transplanted in part: Medieval Europe -- Greek nature-knowledge transplanted, and more: Renaissance Europe -- The first transformation: realist-mathematical science -- The second transformation: a kinetic-corpuscularian philosophy of nature -- The third transformation: to find facts through experiment -- Concurrence explained -- Prospects around 1640 -- Achievements and limitations of realist-mathematical science -- Achievements and limitations of kinetic corpuscularianism -- Legitimacy in the balance -- Achievements and limitations of fact-finding experimentalism -- Nature-knowledge decompartmentalized -- The fourth transformation: corpuscular motion geometrized -- The fifth transformation: the Baconian brew -- Legitimacy of a new kind -- Nature-knowledge by 1684: the achievement so far -- The sixth transformation: the Newtonian synthesis -- Epilogue: a dual legacy.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [743]-765) and indexes.
