Book ID: CBB000110137

Rethinking the scientific revolution (2000)

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Osler, Margaret J. (Editor)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2000
Physical Details: xii + 340 pp., illus., bibl., index.
Language: English

Description Partial contents: Margaret J. Osler, The canonical imperative: rethinking the scientific revolution; B. J. T. Dobbs, Newton as final cause and first mover; Richard S. Westfall, The scientific revolution reasserted; Peter Barker, The role of religion in the Lutheran response to Copernicus; Bruce Janacek, Catholic natural philosophy: alchemy and the revivication of Sir Kenelm Digby; Pamela H. Smith, Vital spirits: redemption, artisanship, and the new philosophy of Early Modern Europe; William E. Burns, “The terriblest eclipse that hath been seen in our days”: Black Monday and the debate on astrology during the Interregnum; Jane E. Jenkins, Arguing about nothing: Henry More and Robert Boyle on the theological implications of the void; Jan W. Wojcik, Pursuing knowledge: Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton; Lawrence M. Principe, The alchemies of Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton: alternative approaches and divergent deployments; Paula Findlen, The Janus faces of science in the seventeenth century: Athanasius Kircher and Isaac Newton; James E. Force, The nature of Newton's “holy alliance” between science and religion: from the scientific revolution to Newton (and back again); J. E. Mcguire, The fate of the date: the theology of Newton's Principia revisited; Richard H. Popkin, Newton and Spinoza and the Bible scholarship of the day; Margaret C. Jacob, The truth of Newton's science and the truth of science's history: heroic science at its eighteenth-century formulation. Includes previously published works by Dobbs and Westfall.


Reviewed By

Review Eriksson, Gunnar (2001) Review of "Rethinking the scientific revolution". Lychnos (pp. 290-291). unapi

Review Shea, William (2002) Review of "Rethinking the scientific revolution". Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science (p. 106). unapi

Includes Chapters

Chapter Jacob, Margaret C. (2000) The truth of Newton's science and the truth of science's history: Heroic science at its eighteenth-century formulation. In: Rethinking the scientific revolution (p. 315). unapi

Chapter Burns, William E. (2000) “The terriblest eclipse that hath been seen in our days”: Black Monday and the debate on astrology during the Interregnum. In: Rethinking the scientific revolution (p. 137). unapi

Chapter Smith, Pamela H. (2000) Vital spirits: Redemption, artisanship, and the new philosophy in early modern Europe. In: Rethinking the scientific revolution (p. 119). unapi

Chapter Barker, Peter (2000) The role of religion in the Lutheran response to Copernicus. In: Rethinking the scientific revolution (p. 59). unapi

Chapter Findlen, Paula (2000) The Janus faces of science in the seventeenth century: Athanasius Kircher and Isaac Newton. In: Rethinking the scientific revolution (p. 221). unapi

Chapter Force, James E. (2000) The nature of Newton's “Holy Alliance” between science and religion: From the scientific revolution to Newton (and back again). In: Rethinking the scientific revolution (p. 247). unapi

Chapter Jenkins, Jane E. (2000) Arguing about Nothing: Henry More and Robert Boyle on the Theological Implications of the Void. In: Rethinking the scientific revolution (p. 153). unapi

Chapter Osler, Margaret J. (2000) The canonical imperative: Rethinking the Scientific Revolution. In: Rethinking the scientific revolution (p. 3). unapi

Chapter Popkin, Richard H. (2000) Newton and Spinoza and the Bible scholarship of the day. In: Rethinking the scientific revolution (p. 297). unapi

Chapter Westfall, Richard S. (2000) The Scientific Revolution reasserted. In: Rethinking the scientific revolution (p. 41). unapi

Chapter Dobbs, B. J. T. (2000) Newton as final cause and first mover. In: Rethinking the scientific revolution (p. 25). unapi

Chapter McGuire, J. E.; McGuire, J. E. (2000) The fate of the date: The theology of Newton's Principia revisited. In: Rethinking the scientific revolution (p. 271). unapi

Chapter Wojcik, Jan W. (2000) Pursuing knowledge: Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton. In: Rethinking the scientific revolution (p. 183). unapi

Chapter Janacek, Bruce (2000) Catholic natural philosophy: Alchemy and the revivification of Sir Kenelm Digby. In: Rethinking the scientific revolution (p. 81). unapi

Chapter Principe, Lawrence M. (2000) The alchemies of Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton: Alternate approaches and divergent deployments. In: Rethinking the scientific revolution (p. 201). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Gasparri, Giuliano
Qizhi, Yanan
Trepp, Anne-Charlott
Tilton, Hereward
Snobelen, Stephen David
Roudet, Nicolas
Concepts
Science and religion
Alchemy
Natural philosophy
Theology
Lutherans and Lutheranism
Occult sciences
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
16th century
Early modern
Renaissance
Medieval
Places
Europe
England
British Isles
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