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Introduction
Lawrence M. Principe
in The Scientific Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
What was the Scientific Revolution and when was it? The Introduction states that it started around 1500 and ended around 1700 and it is the most important and talked-about era in the ...
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Philosophy of Science: Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
Samir Okasha
What is science? Is science objective? Can science explain everything? Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction explores the main themes and theories of contemporary philosophy of ...
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5. Scientific change and scientific revolutions
Samir Okasha
in Philosophy of Science: Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
‘Scientific change and scientific revolutions’ discusses the work of Thomas Kuhn, whose The Structure of Scientific Revolutions counts as one of the most influential works of philosophy of ...
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7. Some more high spots: a personal selection
Edward Craig
in Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
‘Some more high spots: a personal selection’ focuses in detail on recommended reading from Descartes, Hegel, Darwin, and Nietzsche. Descartes and Nietzsche were keen to debunk ...
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The History of Physics: A Very Short Introduction
J. L. Heilbron
How does today’s physics—highly professionalized; inextricably linked to government and industry—link back to its origins as a liberal art in ancient Greece? The History of Physics: A Very ...
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1. The art and science of music psychology
Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis
in The Psychology of Music: A Very Short Introduction
Music can seem to be the human behavior that is least susceptible to explanation, but a long history exists of applying various frameworks to try to understand it. The cognitive science of ...
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3. The marvellous years
Rob Iliffe
in Newton: A Very Short Introduction
‘The marvellous years’ describes Newton's years at Cambridge. The first decades of the seventeenth century witnessed an exponential growth in the understanding of the Earth and heavens, a ...
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1. New worlds and old worlds
Lawrence M. Principe
in The Scientific Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
‘New worlds and old worlds’ outlines the background of the scientific revolution in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The Italian Renaissance was not the first rebirth of Latin ...
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Galileo: A Very Short Introduction
Stillman Drake
Galileo: A Very Short Introduction advances the hypothesis that Galileo's prosecution and condemnation by the Inquisition was caused not by his defiance of the Church but by ...
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Introduction
Stillman Drake
in Galileo: A Very Short Introduction
The earliest explanations of man and his religion stemmed from religion, before philosophy and then science came onto the scene. It is natural that the later fields were guided by those ...
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2. Galileo's early years
Stillman Drake
in Galileo: A Very Short Introduction
‘Galileo's early years’ provides an insight into Galileo's childhood and early work. Galileo was born in Pisa, and attended the University there. He became chair of mathematics at Pisa ...
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The Scientific Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
Lawrence M. Principe
Scientific Revolution: A Very Short Introduction explores the exciting developments in the sciences during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This time witnessed such ...
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