The construction of modern science; mechanisms and mechanics

"This is a new synthesis of science in the 17th century. It follows developments within the individual sciences in terms of a new conception of nature and a new conception of the scientific enterprise. It examines a line of expanding investigation beginning with the revolution in scientific tho...

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Main Author: Westfall, Richard S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, Wiley [1971]
Series:History of science.
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Table of Contents:
  • Celestial dynamics and terrestrial mechanics
  • The mechanical philosophy
  • Mechanical chemistry
  • Biology and the mechanical philosophy
  • Organization of the scientific enterprise
  • The science of mechanics
  • Newtonian dynamics.