This book provides a comprehensive account of knowledge of the natural world in Europe, c. 1500-1700. Often referred to as the Scientific Revolution, this period saw major transformations in fields as diverse as anatomy and astronomy, natural history and mathematics. Articles by leading specialists describe in clear, accessible prose supplemented by extensive bibliographies, how new ideas, discoveries, and institutions shaped the ways in which nature came to be studied, understood, and used. Part I frames the study of 'The New Nature' in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Part II surveys The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 3 - Katharine Park, Lorraine Daston od authora Katharine Park, Lorraine Daston a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
| Autor |
Katharine Park, Lorraine Daston |
| Jazyk |
anglický |
| Počet stran |
894 |
| Rok vydání |
2008 |
| Nakladatelství |
Cambridge University Press |
