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008			110331s2010 ne o 00 0 eng d
020			_a9789048512737
020			_z9789089642394
035			_a(OCoLC)710153850
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP
100	1		_aCohen, H. Floris, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aHow Modern Science Came into the World : _bFour Civilizations, One 17th-Century Breakthrough / _cH. Floris Cohen.
264		1	_aAmsterdam : _bAmsterdam University Press, _c2010.
264		3	_aBaltimore, Md. : _bProject MUSE, _c2020
264		4	_c©2010.
300			_a1 online resource: _billustrations
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0	0	_gPart I: _tNature-Knowledge in Traditional Society -- _tGreek foundations, Chinese contrasts -- _tGreek nature-knowledge transplanted: the islamic world -- _tGreek nature-knowledge transplanted in part: medieval Europe -- _tGreek nature-knowledge transplanted, and more: renaissance Europe -- _gPart II: _tThree revolutionary transformations -- _tThe first transformation: realist-mathematical science -- _tThe second transformation: a kinetic-corpuscularian philosophy of nature -- _tThe third transformation: to find facts through experiment -- _tConcurrence explained -- _tProspects around 1640 -- _tPart III: _tDynamics of the Revolution -- _tAchievements and limitations of realist-mathematical science -- _tAchievements and limitations of kinetic corpuscularianism -- _tLegitimacy in the balance -- _tAchievements and limitations of fact-finding experimentalism -- _tNature-knowledge decompartmentalized -- _tThe fourth transformation: corpuscular motion geometrized -- _tThe fifth transformation: the baconian brew -- _tLegitimacy of a new kind -- _tNature-knowledge by 1684: the achievement so far -- _tThe sixth transformation: the newtonian synthesis.
506	0		_aOpen Access _fUnrestricted online access _2star
520			_a"Once upon a time 'The Scientific Revolution of the 17th century' was an innovative concept that inspired a stimulating narrative of how modern science came into the world. Half a century later, what we now know as 'the master narrative' serves rather as a strait-jacket--so often events and contexts just fail to fit in. No attempt has been made so far to replace the master narrative. H. Floris Cohen now comes up with precisely such a replacement. Key to his path-breaking analysis-cum-narrative is a vision of the Scientific Revolution as made up of six distinct yet narrowly interconnected, revolutionary transformations, each of some twenty-five to thirty years' duration. This vision enables him to explain how modern science could come about in Europe rather than in Greece, China, or the Islamic world. It also enables him to explain how half-way into the 17th century a vast crisis of legitimacy could arise and, in the end, be overcome. Building on his earlier The Scientific Revolution: A Historiographical Inquiry (1994), Cohen's new book connects the latest research results in highly innovative ways, breaking up all-too-deeply frozen patterns of thinking about the history of science"--Publisher's description.
546			_aEnglish.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		7	_aScience, Ancient. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01108800
650		7	_aScience. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01108176
650		7	_aHISTORY _xGeneral. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aSCIENCE _xHistory. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aScience: general issues. _2bicssc
650		7	_aMathematics and science. _2bicssc
650		7	_aHistory of science. _2bicssc
650		6	_aSciences anciennes.
650		6	_aSciences _zEurope _xHistoire.
650		6	_aSciences _xHistoire.
650		0	_aScience, Ancient.
650		0	_aScience _zEurope _xHistory.
650		0	_aScience _xHistory.
651		7	_aEurope. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01245064
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse. _edistributor
830		0	_aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/76701/
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