Book ID: CBB853525960

The Origins of Modern Science: From Antiquity to the Scientific Revolution (2021)

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Gal, Ofer (Author)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2021
Physical Details: 412
Language: English

The Origins of Modern Science is the first synthetic account of the history of science from antiquity through the Scientific Revolution in many decades. Providing readers of all backgrounds and students of all disciplines with the tools to study science like a historian, Ofer Gal covers everything from Pythagorean mathematics to Newton's Principia, through Islamic medicine, medieval architecture, global commerce and magic. Richly illustrated throughout, scientific reasoning and practices are introduced in accessible and engaging ways with an emphasis on the complex relationships between institutions, beliefs and political structures and practices. Readers gain valuable new insights into the role that science plays both in history and in the world today, placing the crucial challenges to science and technology of our time within their historical and cultural context.

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Review H. Floris Cohen (2023) Review of "The Origins of Modern Science: From Antiquity to the Scientific Revolution". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 421-423). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Vincenti, Denise
Guimarães, Henrique Manuel
Beneduce, Chiara
Giovanni Spani
da Ponte, João Pedro
Varotto, Elena
Concepts
Science, general histories
Mathematics
Philosophy
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Cosmology
Astronomy
Time Periods
Medieval
Early modern
Ancient
Renaissance
Modern
21st century
Places
Europe
North America
China
South America
United States
Spain
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