This history of the birth of modern science is ideal for those
engaging with the subject for the first time. It shatters the
illusion that science is 'dry' and divorced from culture by
exploring the powerful clashes between traditions and value systems
that gave rise to it. The author shows how many of the
characteristics that distinguish science today emerged in the midst
of the wars and plagues of the seventeenth century and defines what
was new about this form of knowledge.
Rossi's account covers topics such as the new astronomy,
discoveries made with microscopes, the principle of inertia,
experiments on voids, and the circulatory system. Alongside these,
each chapter also addresses the great ideas that were central to
this intellectual revolution: the new appraisal of technology, a
new view of God as an engineer or clock maker, the introduction of
the dimension of time into the study of nature, and so on. This
passionate book will enable readers to engage with the complex
relationship of science and philosophy.
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