The Construction of Modern Science

Richard S. Westfall

Cambridge University Press, 1978

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This introduction to the history of science in the seventeenth century examines the so-called 'scientific revolution' in terms of the interplay between the Platonic-Pythagorean tradition, which look on nature in geometric terms, and the mechanical philosophy which conceived of nature as a huge machine.

ISBN-13
9780521292955
ISBN-10
0521292956
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1978
Publication date
1978-01-27
Pages
190
Dimensions
154x230x13
Weight
294