Onze boeken

Delen: Facebook Twitter

Man and Nature in the Renaissance

Door Allen George Debus

Man and Nature in the Renaissance
CategorieGeschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer#294004
TitelMan and Nature in the Renaissance
AuteurDebus, Allen George
BoektypePaperback
UitgeverijCambridge University Press
Jaar van uitgave1978
ISBN100521293286
ISBN139780521293280
TaalEngels
BeschrijvingCambridge Studies in the History of Science.
Samenvatting 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 philosophical concepts that play little part in the science of our own time. Thus, the renewed interest in mystical texts and the subsequent impact of alchemy, astrology, and natural magic on the development of modern science and medicine are central to the account. Major themes that are followed throughout the book include the effects of humanism, the search for a new method of science, and the dialogue between proponents of the mystical-occult world view and the mathematical-observational approach to nature.
Pagina's159
ConditieGoed
Prijs€ 8,00
ToevoegenToevoegen aan winkelwagen

Zie ook

Onze gebruikte boeken verkeren in goede tweedehands staat, tenzij hierboven anders beschreven. Kleine onvolkomenheden zijn niet altijd vermeld.