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The Scientific Counter-Revolution - The Jesuits and the Invention of Modern Science (Hardcover)
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The Scientific Counter-Revolution - The Jesuits and the Invention of Modern Science (Hardcover)
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in the Aristotelian Tradition
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Jesuit engagement with natural philosophy during the late 16th and
early 17th centuries transformed the status of the mathematical
disciplines and propelled members of the Order into key areas of
controversy in relation to Aristotelianism. Through close
investigation of the activities of the Jesuit 'school' of
mathematics founded by Christoph Clavius, The Scientific
Counter-Revolution examines the Jesuit connections to the rise of
experimental natural philosophy and the emergence of the early
scientific societies. Arguing for a re-evaluation of the role of
Jesuits in shaping early modern science, this book traces the
evolution of the Collegio Romano as a hub of knowledge. Starting
with an examination of Clavius's Counter-Reformation agenda for
mathematics, Michael John Gorman traces the development of a
collective Jesuit approach to experimentation and observation under
Christopher Grienberger and analyses the Jesuit role in the Galileo
Affair and the vacuum debate. Ending with a discussion of the
transformation of the Collegio Romano under Athanasius Kircher into
a place of curiosity and wonder and the centre of a global
information gathering network, this book reveals how the
Counter-Reformation goals of the Jesuits contributed to the shaping
of modern experimental science.
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