The Scientific Revolution - An Encyclopedia (Hardcover)

An encyclopedic collection of key scientists and the tools and concepts they developed that transformed our understanding of the physical world. Many are familiar with the ideas of Copernicus, Descartes, and Galileo. But here the reader is also introduced to lesser known ideas and contributors to the Scientific Revolution, such as the mathematical Bernoulli Family and Andreas Vesalius, whose anatomical charts revolutionized the study of the human body. More marginal characters include the magician Robert Fludd. The encyclopedia also discusses subjects like Arabic science and the bizarre history of blood transfusions, and institutions like the Universities of Padua and Leiden, which were dominant forces in academic medicine and science. Includes over 200 A-Z entries covering topics ranging from Gregorian reform of the calendar to Thomas Hobbes, navigation, thermometers, and the trial of Galileo Provides a chronology of the scientific revolution from the founding of the Casa de la Contratacion, a repository of navigational and cartographic knowledge, in 1503, to the death of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek in 1727

General

Imprint:	ABC-CLIO Ltd
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	History of Science
Release date:	October 2001
First published:	October 2001
Authors:	William E. Burns
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	387
ISBN-13:	978-0-87436-875-8
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science
LSN:	0-87436-875-8
Barcode:	9780874368758

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