Ingenious Pursuits: Building the Scientific Revolution

Building the Scientific Revolution

Omschrijving

In this fascinating look at the European scientific advances of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, historian Lisa Jardine demonstrates that the pursuit of knowledge occurs not in isolation, but rather in the lively interplay and frequently cutthroat competition between creative minds. The great thinkers of that extraordinary age, including Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, and Christopher Wren, are shown in the context in which they lived and worked. We learn of the correspondences they kept with their equally passionate colleagues and come to understand the unique collaborative climate that fostered virtuoso discoveries in the areas of medicine, astronomy, mathematics, biology, chemistry, botany, geography, and engineering. Ingenious Pursuits brilliantly chronicles the true intellectual revolution that continues to shape our very understanding of ourselves, and of the world around us.
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Schrijver
Jardine, Lisa
Titel
Ingenious Pursuits: Building the Scientific Revolution
Uitgever
Knopf Publishing Group
Jaar
2000
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
466
Gewicht
431 gr
EAN
9780385720014
Afmetingen
203 x 133 x 25 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback

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