Name: The Construction of Modern Science Paperback: Mechanisms and Mechanics (Cambridge Studies in the History of Science) (en Inglés)
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Author: Westfall, Richard S.
ISBN: 9780521292955

portada The Construction of Modern Science Paperback: Mechanisms and Mechanics (Cambridge Studies in the History of Science) (en Inglés)

The Construction of Modern Science Paperback: Mechanisms and Mechanics (Cambridge Studies in the History of Science) (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Richard S. Westfall

Editorial

Cambridge University Press

Año

1978

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

192

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

22.9x15x1 cm

Peso

0.29 kg.

ISBN

0521292956

ISBN13

9780521292955

Categorías

Historia de la ciencia
Mecánica clásica

The Construction of Modern Science Paperback: Mechanisms and Mechanics (Cambridge Studies in the History of Science) (en Inglés)

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This introduction to the history of science in the seventeenth century examines the so-called 'scientific revolution' in terms of the interplay between two major themes. The Platonic-Pythagorean tradition looked on nature in geometric terms with the conviction that the cosmos was constructed according to the principles of mathematical order, while the mechanical philosophy conceived of nature as a huge machine and sought to explain the hidden mechanisms behind phenomena. Pursuing different goals, these two movements of thought tended to conflict with each other, and more than the obviously mathematical sciences were affected - the influence spread as far as chemistry and the life sciences. As this book demonstrates, the full fruition of the scientific revolution required a resolution of the tension between the two dominant trends.