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The rise of modern science explained : a comparative history
Covers scientific discovery from approximately 1500-1699.-- Souce other than Library of Congress.
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How Modern Science Came into the World
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.
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Two New Conceptions of the Scientific Revolution Compared
[...]there is an increasing awareness that, in addition to theoretical and conceptual up- heaval of a mostly mathematical nature, practice, notably experimental practice, should count, too. [...]both Stephen's book and mine cover far more than just the 17th century, even though we both take the conception of \"the Scien- tific Revolution of the 17th century\" very seriously and, hence, treat the period between Galileo and Newton as pivotal to our respective accounts. [...]when we seek specific reasons for the decline of science in such-or-such a civilization at such-and-such a time, we are unconsciously projecting backward the notion that under normal circumstances science is bound to display continuous growth. [...]a word on causation.
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