Science and the Enlightenment

Name: Science and the Enlightenment
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ISBN: 9780521286190

ISBN-10: 0521286190

ISBN-13: 9780521286190

Edition: 1985

Authors: Thomas L. Hankins, George Basalla, Owen Hannaway

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Science and the Enlightenment is a general history of eighteenth-century science covering both the physical and life sciences. It places the scientific developments of the century in the cultural context of the Enlightenment and reveals the extent to which scientific ideas permeated the thought of the age. The book takes advantage of recent scholarship, which is rapidly changing our understanding of science during the eighteenth century. In particular it describes how science was organized into fields that were quite different from those we know today. Professor Hankins's work is a much needed addition to the literature on eighteenth-century science. His study is not technical; it will be…

Book details

List price: $26.99
Copyright year: 1985
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/26/1985
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 226
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Preface



The character of the enlightenment



Mathematics and the exact sciences



Experimental physics



Chemistry



Natural history and physiology



The moral sciences


Bibliographic essay


Sources of quotations


Index