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9781316340851
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For centuries, laymen and priests, lone thinkers and philosophical schools in Greece, China, the Islamic world and Europe reflected with wisdom and perseverance on how the natural world fits together. As a rule, their methods and conclusions, while often ingenious, were misdirected when viewed from the perspective of modern science. In the 1600s thinkers such as Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, Bacon and many others gave revolutionary new twists to traditional ideas and practices, culminating in the work of Isaac Newton half a century later. It was as if the world was being created anew. But why did this recreation begin in Europe rather than elsewhere? This book caps H. Floris Cohen's career-long effort to find answers to this classic question. Here he sets forth a rich but highly accessible account of what, against many odds, made it happen and why
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Cohen, Hendrik Floris, 1946 - The rise of modern science explained Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015 ISBN 9781107120068
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107545601
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ISBN 1107120063
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ISBN 1107545609
Language:
English
Subjects:
Natural Sciences
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General works
Keywords:
Naturwissenschaften
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Geschichte Anfänge-1700
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10.1017/CBO9781316340851
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Author information:
Cohen, Hendrik Floris 1946-
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