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Knight, David M.

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Voyaging in strange seas : = the great revolution in science /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Voyaging in strange seas :/ David Knight.
Reminder of title:	the great revolution in science /
Author:	Knight, David M.
Published:	New Haven :Yale University Press, : 2014.,
Description:	329 p., 32 unnumbered p. :ill. ;24 cm.
Subject:	Science - History. -
ISBN:	9780300173796 (hbk.) :

Voyaging in strange seas : = the great revolution in science /
Knight, David M.

Voyaging in strange seas :the great revolution in science /David Knight. - New Haven :Yale University Press,2014. - 329 p., 32 unnumbered p. :ill. ;24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Voyaging in strange seas --

In 1492 Columbus set out across the Atlantic; in 1776 American colonists declared their independence. Between these two events old authorities collapsed, Luther's Reformation divided churches, and various discoveries revealed the ignorance of the ancient Greeks and Romans. A new, empirical worldview had arrived, focusing now on observation, experiment, and mathematical reasoning. This book takes us along on the great voyage of discovery that ushered in the modern age. The author, a historian of science, locates the Scientific Revolution in the great era of global oceanic voyages, which became both a spur to and a metaphor for scientific discovery. He introduces the well-known heroes of the story (Galileo, Newton, Linnaeus) as well as lesser-recognized officers of scientific societies, printers and booksellers who turned scientific discovery into public knowledge, and editors who invented the scientific journal. He looks at a wide array of topics, from better maps to more accurate clocks, from a boom in printing to medical advancements. He portrays science and religion as engaged with each other rather than in constant conflict; in fact, science was often perceived as a way to uncover and celebrate God's mysteries and laws.

ISBN: 9780300173796 (hbk.) :US35.00

LCCN: 2013041986Subjects--Topical Terms:

523776
Science
--History.

LC Class. No.: Q125 / .K578 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 509

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