The Construction of Modern Science: Mechanisms and Mechanics
Richard S. Westfall
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.
კატეგორია:
წელი:
1978
გამომცემლობა:
Cambridge University Press
ენა:
english
გვერდები:
171
ISBN 10:
0521292956
ISBN 13:
9780521292955
სერია:
Cambridge Studies in the History of Science
ფაილი:
PDF, 10.13 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 1978
Amazon 
Barnes & Noble 
Bookshop.org
გსურთ დაამატოთ წიგნის მაღაზია? დაგვიკავშირდით support@z-lib.do-ით
ფაილების კონვერტაცია
ძიების მეტი შედეგი
სხვა უპირატესობები 
საკვანძო ფრაზები
დაკავშირებული კოლექციები
