The Invention of Science by Wootton, David -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Contents Dedication List of Illustrations Introduction

1: Modern Minds 2: The Idea of the Scientific Revolution

Part One: THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH

3: Inventing Discovery 4: Planet Earth

Part Two: SEEING IS BELIEVING

5: The Mathematization of the World 6: Gulliver’s Worlds

Part Three: MAKING KNOWLEDGE

7: Facts 8: Experiments 9: Laws 10: Hypotheses/Theories 11: Evidence and Judgement

Part Four: BIRTH OF THE MODERN

12: Machines 13: The Disenchantment of the World 14: Knowledge is Power

Conclusion: The Invention of Science

15: In Defiance of Nature 16: These Postmodern Days 17: ‘What Do I Know?’

Plate Section Some Longer Notes Bibliography Endnotes Acknowledgements Follow Penguin Copyright Page

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