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The Construction of Modern Science: Mechanisms and Mechanics

The Construction of Modern Science: Mechanisms and Mechanics

Westfall, Richard S.
Basalla, George
Hannaway, Owen

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Studies in the History of Science

Sports GeneralPhysics

ISBN10: 0521292956
ISBN13: 9780521292955
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jan 27 1978
Pages: 190
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.90 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This introduction to the history of science in the seventeenth century examines the so-called 'scientific revolution' in terms of the interplay between two major themes. The Platonic-Pythagorean tradition looked on nature in geometric terms with the conviction that the cosmos was constructed according to the principles of mathematical order, while the mechanical philosophy conceived of nature as a huge machine and sought to explain the hidden mechanisms behind phenomena. Pursuing different goals, these two movements of thought tended to conflict with each other, and more than the obviously mathematical sciences were affected - the influence spread as far as chemistry and the life sciences. As this book demonstrates, the full fruition of the scientific revolution required a resolution of the tension between the two dominant trends.

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