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The Cambridge History of Science, Volume 3: Early Modern Science

The Cambridge History of Science Volume 3: Early Modern Science

Edited by:
Katharine Park and Lorraine Daston

Online Publication Date:
March 2008

Print Publication Year:
2006

Hardback ISBN:
9780521572446

Online ISBN:
9781139054010

This volume is a comprehensive account of knowledge of the natural world in Europe, ca. 1500-1700. Often referred to as the Scientific Revolution, this period saw major transformations in fields as diverse as anatomy and astronomy, natural history and mathematics. Articles by leading specialists describe in clear, accessible prose supplemented by extensive bibliographies, how new ideas, discoveries, and institutions shaped the ways in which nature came to be studied, understood, and used.

Reviews:

"This book is an excellent source for current thinking on Early Modern Science. The chapters are writtten by the leading shcolars n their respective fields. This book, along with the rest of the Cambridge History of Science series, belongs in all academic and large public libraries." - American Reference Books Annual
"The real value of the volume, in my eyes at least, is its contribution to _early modern_ history...The breadth and range of the volume is breathtaking and, hard as I tried, I could think of little that was lacking... virtually the entire social and cultural panorama of early modern society receives intelligent and sophisticated coverage...it should be mandatory reading for every early modernist, no matter his or her particular scholarly orientation." - H-German
"Individually the contributions to this volume are thoughtful, well-researched summations of the state of the art in their specific topical areas. As such they constitute a useful disciplinary resource for teachers but also mark the way for the next generation of extensions, revisioins and syntheses." - Jole Schakelford, University of Minnesota
"...a short review cannot do justice to the breadth of the individual essays or the volume as a whole. This work is as comprehensive as humanly possible on such a various, wide-ranging subject, and it would be unfair to mention lacunae." - Sixteenth Century Journal

Frontmatter
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pp. i-xxviii

1 - Introduction: The Age of the New by Katharine Park and Lorraine Daston
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pp. 1-18

Part I - The New Nature

2 - Physics and Foundations by Daniel Garber
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pp. 19-69

3 - Scientific Explanation from Formal Causes to Laws of Nature by Lynn S. Joy
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pp. 70-105

4 - The Meanings of Experience by Peter Dear
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pp. 106-131

5 - Proof and Persuasion by R. W. Serjeantson
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pp. 132-176

Part II - Personae and Sites of Natural Knowledge

7 - Women of Natural Knowledge by Londa Schiebinger
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pp. 192-205

8 - Markets, Piazzas, and Villages by William Eamon
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pp. 206-223

10 - Libraries and Lecture Halls by Anthony Grafton
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pp. 238-250

11 - Courts and Academies by Bruce T. Moran
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pp. 251-271

12 - Anatomy Theaters, Botanical Gardens, and Natural History Collections by Paula Findlen
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pp. 272-289

14 - Sites of Military Science and Technology by Kelly DeVries
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pp. 306-319

15 - Coffeehouses and Print Shops by Adrian Johns
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pp. 320-340

16 - Networks of Travel, Correspondence, and Exchange by Steven J. Harris
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pp. 341-362

Part III - Dividing the Study of Nature

20 - Cosmography by Klaus A. Vogel and Alisha Rankin
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pp. 469-496

21 - From Alchemy to “Chymistry” by William R. Newman
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pp. 497-517

25 - Acoustics and Optics by Paolo Mancosu
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pp. 596-631

26 - Mechanics by Domenico Bertoloni Meli
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pp. 632-672

28 - Pure Mathematics by Kirsti Andersen and Henk J. M. Bos
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pp. 696-724

Part IV - Cultural Meanings of Natural Knowledge

31 - Art by Carmen Niekrasz and Claudia Swan
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pp. 773-796

33 - European Expansion and Self-Definition by Klaus A. Vogel and Alisha Rankin
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pp. 818-840

Index

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pp. 841-865

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