What Galileo Saw : : Imagining the Scientific Revolution / / Lawrence Lipking.
The Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century has often been called a decisive turning point in human history. It represents, for good or ill, the birth of modern science and modern ways of viewing the world. In What Galileo Saw, Lawrence Lipking offers a new perspective on how to understand...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2015] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Introducing A Revolution
- Chapter 2. What Galileo Saw
- Chapter 3. Kepler's Progress
- Chapter 4. The Poetry Of The World
- Chapter 5. "Look There, Look There!"
- Chapter 6. The Dream Of Descartes
- Chapter 7. A History Of Error
- Chapter 8. The Century Of Genius (1)
- Chapter 9. The Century Of Genius (2)
- Chapter 10. Revolution And Its Discontents
- Appendix 1. Galileo The Fable Of Sound
- Appendix 2. Descartes's Three Dreams
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index