Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-192) and index. Introduction : Philosphy and operationalism -- "What was worth knowing" in 1500 -- Humanism and ancient wisdom : how to learn things in the sixteenth century -- The scholar and the craftsman : Paracelsus, Gilbert, Bacon -- Mathematics challenges philosophy : Galileo, Kepler, and the surveyors -- Mechanism : Descartes builds a universe -- Extra-curricular activities : new homes for natural knowledge -- Experiment : how to learn things about nature in the seventeenth century -- Cartesians and Newtonians -- Conclusion : What was worth knowing by the eighteenth century?

Classification

• LCC: Q125.2

Book Details

• Language: eng
• Physical Description: viii, 208 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
• Edition Info: (cloth)

Subjects

• Science, Renaissance
• Science -- Study and teaching -- Europe -- History
• Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- Europe -- History
• Natural history -- Study and teaching -- Europe -- History
• Philosophy, Renaissance
• Humanism -- Europe -- History -- 16th century
• Humanism -- Europe -- History -- 17th century
• Science -- Europe -- History

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