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Scientific Revolution
A Brief History with DocumentsFirst Edition| ©2010 Margaret C. Jacob
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This volume by Margaret C. Jacob explores The Scientific Revolution from its origins in the early sixteenth century to its widespread acceptance in Western societies in the late eighteenth century. Jacob’s introduction outlines the trajectory of the Scientific Revolution and argues that the revival of ancient texts in the Renaissance and the upheaval of the Protestant Reformation paved the way for science. The collected documents include writings of well-known scientists and philosophers, such as Nicolaus Copernicus, Francis Bacon, Galileo Galilei, René Descartes, and Isaac Newton, as well as primary sources documenting innovations in medicine and engineering, advances in scientific investigations, and the popularization of the scientific revolution through academies and their journals. Document headnotes, questions for consideration, a chronology, and a selected bibliography support students’ study of the Scientific Revolution.
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"In this book, Margaret Jacob provides a lucid introduction to the transformation in science that occurred in Europe between 1500 and 1750. While acknowledging the importance of political, social, and economic factors, Jacob rightly emphasizes the intellectual developments that led to the modern mechanical and quantitative world views. A carefully chosen set of documents allows the reader to grapple firsthand with these heady changes."— Brian Ogilvie, University of Massachusetts Amherst"The introduction and headnotes are excellent. The documents are very well organized and clearly trace the progression of the Scientific Revolution."— Constantina Gaddis, Onondaga Community College
Scientific Revolution
First Edition| ©2010
Margaret C. Jacob
Scientific Revolution
First Edition| 2010
Margaret C. Jacob
Table of Contents
Preface
List of Illustrations
Why Did the Scientific Revolution Happen?
Aristotle, Ptolemy, and their Early Modern Defenders
Exploration and Technological Innovation
The Emergence of the Scientific Revolution
The New Science
The Mechanical Philosophy
Newtonian Science
Reconciling, Science, Religion, and Magic
Spreading the Scientific Revolution
Conclusion: The Long Road to Acceptance
1. Nicolaus Copernicus, On the Revolution of the Heavenly
2. Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning, 1605
3. Francis Bacon, The Great Instauration, 1620
4. Galileo Galilei, The Starry Messenger, 1610
5. William Harvey, On The Motion Of The Heart And Blood
6. René Descartes, Discourse on Method, 1637
7. Robert Boyle, New Experiments Physico-Mechanical, 1660
8. Robert Boyle, A Free-Enquiry into the Vulgarly Received
9. Anthony van Leeuwenhoek, Of the Formation of the Teeth in
10. Isaac Newton, Letter to Philosophical Transactions of the
11. Isaac Newton, Selections from Principia, 1687
12. Isaac Newton, Thirty-first Query to the Opticks, 1718
13. Christiaan Huygens, The Celestial Worlds Discovered, 1698
14. Maria Sibylla Merian, Letter of 1702
15. Maria Sibylla Merian, Butterfly, Hawk-moth, Caterpillar
16. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1713-14
17. Jean Desaguliers, Physico-Mechanical Lectures, 1717
18. Benjamin Franklin, Experiments and Observations on
A Chronology of the Scientific Revolution (1514-1752)
Questions for Consideration
Selected Bibliography
Authors
Margaret C. Jacob
Scientific Revolution
First Edition| 2010
Margaret C. Jacob
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