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This book begins with a lively discussion of the philosophical underpinnings of science as conceived by early Greek thinkers and continues through the developments of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It concludes with the exciting discoveries
of the Scientific Revolution in the 17th century, when science, in the modern sense of the term, came into being. Amply illustrated, it offers a superb introduction, not only to the great scientists of early history, but to the process of scientific discovery and to the ideas that have shaped our understanding of the natural world.
*Contents Part I: Precursors of science: From ancient times to the Middle Ages: Legacies from ancient peoples; From Aristotle to the High Middle Ages (322 BC– AD 1449); Part II: The physical sciences; The universe turned outside-in: Copernicus, Tycho and Kepler; A “vast and most excellent science”: Galileo and the beginnings of method; Newton, the Laws of Motion and the “Newtonian Revolution”; Part III: The life sciences: The anatomists: From Vesalius to Fabricius; Paracelsus, pharmaceuticals and medicine; The heart of the matter: William Harvey and the circulation of the blood; Looking at the very small: The world of the 17th century microscopists; Understanding the diversity of life; Chronology; Glossary; Further reading. 178pp. (1999) 230 × 150mm ISBN 9788173711947
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Pages : 176
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