Voyaging in strange seas : the great revolution in science / David Knight.

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In 1492 Columbus set out across the Atlantic; in 1776 American colonists declared their independence. Between these two events old authorities collapsed, Luther's Reformation divided churches, and various discoveries revealed the ignorance of the ancient Greeks and Romans. A new, empirical worldview...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Knight, David M. (Author)
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Science > History.
Discoveries in science > History.
Scientific expeditions > History.
Science > history.
Expeditions > history.
Ontdekkingsreizen.
Physical Description:329 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Voyaging in strange seas
  • The deep roots of modern science
  • Refining common sense: the new philosophy
  • Looking up to heaven: mathematics and telescopes
  • Interrogating nature: the use of experiment
  • Through nature to nature's God: the two books
  • Sharing the vision: scientific societies
  • Life is short, science long: the healing art
  • Making things better: practical science
  • The ladder of creation: the rise of natural history
  • A global perspective: exploring and measuring
  • Enlightenment: leisure and electricity, and chemistry
  • Revolution, evolution: how then, did science grow?