David Deming

Science and Technology in World History, Volume 3

The Black Death, the Renaissance, the Reformation and the Scientific Revolution

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Produktbeschreibung

Examines science and technology's role in world history. It beginns in the fourteenth century, explaining the origin and nature of scientific methodology and the relation of science to religion, philosophy, military history, economics and technology. An authoritative, lively narrative follows the history of human knowledge and discovery, including detailed discussions of ideas, individuals and innovations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 619g
• ISBN-13: 9780786461721
• ISBN-10: 0786461721
• Artikelnr.: 34748553

Autorenporträt

David Deming is a professor of Arts & Sciences at the University of Oklahoma. A geophysicist, research scientist and historian, he has written on topics ranging from the history of science to climate change and energy resources.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface     
1. Famine and Pestilence     
The Little Ice Age (c. 1300-1860)     
The Black Death (1348-1350)     
2. The Witch Mania (c. 1450-1700)     
Magic, Sorcery and Witchcraft     
3. The Printing Press (1450)     
Science, Repeatability and the Printing Press     
4. A Short History of Censorship     
Ancient World     
5. The Renaissance (c. 1350-1650)     
Humanism and the Revival of Learning     
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)     
6. The Reformation     
The Corruption of the Roman Catholic Church (c. 1000-1500)     
Martin Luther (1483-1546)     
7. Birth of Modern Medicine     
European Medicine in the Middle Ages (c. 600-1500)     
Paracelsus (1493-1541)     
The Reform of Anatomy and Physiology     
8. Educational Reform and Peter Ramus (1515-1572)     
Scholastic Pedantry     
9. The Copernican Revolution     
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543)     
Tycho Brahe (1546-1601)     
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)     
10. The Scientific Revolution (c. 1543-1687)     
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)     
Francis Bacon (1561-1626)     
Experimental Philosophy in Seventeenth Century Europe     
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)     
Conclusion     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index