Man and Nature in the Renaissance

Name: Man and Nature in the Renaissance
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ISBN: 9780521293280

ISBN-10: 0521293286

ISBN-13: 9780521293280

Edition: 1978

Authors: Allen George Debus, George Basalla, Owen Hannaway

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Man and Nature in the Renaissance offers an introduction to science and medicine during the earlier phases of the scientific revolution, from the mid-fifteenth century to the mid-seventeenth century. Renaissance science has frequently been approached in terms of the progress of the exact sciences of mathematics and astronomy, to the neglect of the broader intellectual context of the period. Conversely, those authors who have emphasized the latter frequently play down the importance of the technical scientific developments. In this book, Professor Debus amalgamates these approaches: The exact sciences of the period are discussed in detail, but reference is constantly made to religious and…

Book details

List price: $20.99
Copyright year: 1978
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/31/1978
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 172
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.94" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Preface



Tradition and reform



The chemical key



The study of nature in a changing world



The study of man



A new world system



New methods and a new science



The new philosophy - a chemical debate



Epilogue and indecision


Suggestions for further reading


Sources of quotations


Index