The Scientific Revolution and the Foundations of Modern Science by Applebaum, Wilbur -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Contents Illustrations Series Foreword Introduction Chronology of Events CHAPTER 1: Historical Overview

The European Context The Watershed Reception and Development of the New Philosophy

CHAPTER 2: Astronomy and the Cosmos

The Universe of Aristotle and Ptolemy The Reform of Astronomy Copernicanism Revised and Improved Summary

CHAPTER 3: Matter, Motion, and the Mathematical Sciences

Aristotle on Matter and Motion Ancient and Medieval Alternatives to Aristotle Concepts of Matter in the Early Modern Period Mechanics Cartesian Matter and Motion Optics Magnetism and Electricity Experiments with the Vacuum Mathematics Isaac Newton on Mechanics and Matter Summary

CHAPTER 4: The Nature of Living Things

Traditional Concepts Medicine during the Renaissance Botany and Zoology The New Physiology Summary

CHAPTER 5: New Methods for the Advancement of Knowledge

Aristotelian Methodology A New Epistemology The Mechanical Philosophy Experimentation The New Philosophy and the Wider Culture Summary

CHAPTER 6: Religion and Natural Philosophy

Aristotle and Christianity The Reformation Religious Responses to the New Natural Philosophy The Creation and Age of the Earth Physico-theology Summary

CHAPTER 7: Influence of the Scientific Revolution

The Enlightenment The Organization and Structure of Science The Ways We Live and Think Summary

Biographies

Francis Bacon (1561-1626) Robert Boyle (1627-1691) Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) Rene Descartes (1596-1650) Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) Pierre Gassendi (1592-1655) William Gilbert (1544-1603) William Harvey (1578-1657) Robert Hooke (1635-1703) Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695) Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694) Isaac Newton (1642-1727) Paracelsus (c. 1493-1541) Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564)

Primary Documents

Glossary Annotated Bibliography