Science and the Enlightenment / Thomas L. Hankins.

By:

Hankins, Thomas L

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Cambridge history of sciencePublisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1985Description: 1 online resource (viii, 216 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781316285022
1316285022
9781316036402
1316036405

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Science and the EnlightenmentDDC classification:

509 22

LOC classification:

Q125 .H355 1985eb

NLM classification:

Q 125

Other classification:

30.01
*01A50
00A69
01-02
CF 1250
NN 5000
NU 1500

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Contents:

1. The character of the enlightenment -- 2. Mathematics and the exact sciences -- 3. Experimental physics -- 4. Chemistry -- 5. Natural history and physiology -- 6. The moral sciences

Summary: Science and the Enlightenment is a general history of eighteenth-century science covering both the physical and life sciences. It places the scientific developments of the century in the cultural context of the Enlightenment and reveals the extent to which scientific ideas permeated the thought of the age. The book takes advantage of topical scholarship, which is rapidly changing our understanding of science during the eighteenth century. In particular it describes how science was organized into fields that were quite different from those we know today. Professor Hankins's work is a much needed addition to the literature on eighteenth-century science. His study is not technical; it will be of interest to all students of the Enlightenment and the history of science, as well as to the general reader with some background in science.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-208) and index.

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Science and the Enlightenment is a general history of eighteenth-century science covering both the physical and life sciences. It places the scientific developments of the century in the cultural context of the Enlightenment and reveals the extent to which scientific ideas permeated the thought of the age. The book takes advantage of topical scholarship, which is rapidly changing our understanding of science during the eighteenth century. In particular it describes how science was organized into fields that were quite different from those we know today. Professor Hankins's work is a much needed addition to the literature on eighteenth-century science. His study is not technical; it will be of interest to all students of the Enlightenment and the history of science, as well as to the general reader with some background in science.

1. The character of the enlightenment -- 2. Mathematics and the exact sciences -- 3. Experimental physics -- 4. Chemistry -- 5. Natural history and physiology -- 6. The moral sciences

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