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9780874368758

The Scientific Revolution: An Encyclopedia

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    9780874368758

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    0874368758

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-10-01
  • Publisher: Abc-Clio Inc

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An encyclopedic collection of key scientists and the tools and concepts they developed that transformed our understanding of the physical world.

Table of Contents

Foreword xi
Preface xv
The Scientific Revolution: An Encyclopedia
A
Academies and Scientific Societies
1(2)
Accademia dei Lincei
3(1)
Accademia del Cimento
3(1)
Acosta, Jose de (1540-1600)
4(1)
Agricola, Georgius (1494-1555)
5(1)
Agriculture
6(2)
Air Pumps
8(1)
Alchemy
9(1)
Aldrovandi, Ulisse (1522-1605)
10(1)
Anatomy
11(1)
Apothecaries and Pharmacology
12(3)
Arabic Science
15(1)
Aristotelianism
16(3)
Art
19(1)
Astrology
20(2)
Astronomy
22(3)
Atomism
25(2)
B
Bacon, Francis (Lord Verulam) (1561-1626)
27(2)
Baconianism
29(1)
Barometers
30(1)
Beeckman, Isaac (1588-1637)
30(1)
Bernoulli Family
31(1)
Bible
32(1)
Blood Transfusions
33(1)
Book of Nature
34(1)
Book of Secrets
35(1)
Botanical Gardens
35(2)
Botany
37(2)
Boyle, Robert (1627-1691)
39(2)
Boyle Lectures
41(1)
Brahe, Tycho (1546-1601)
42(2)
Bruno, Giordano (1548-1600)
44(3)
C
Cambridge University
47(1)
Campanella, Tommaso (1568-1639)
48(1)
Capitalism
49(2)
Cardano, Girolamo (1501-1576)
51(1)
Cartesianism
52(1)
Cartography
53(2)
Cassini, Gian Domenico (1625-1712)
55(1)
Causation
56(2)
Cavendish, Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle (1623-1673)
58(1)
Chemistry
59(2)
Chronology
61(2)
Circulation of the Blood
63(2)
Clavius, Christoph (1537-1612)
65(1)
Clitoris
65(1)
Clocks and Watches
66(1)
Collegio Romano
67(1)
Comets
68(1)
Compasses
69(1)
Conway, Anne (c. 1630-1679)
70(1)
Copernicanism
71(2)
Copernicus, Nicolaus (1473-1543)
73(2)
Correspondence
75(1)
Courts
76(1)
Croll, Oswald (c. 1560-1609)
77(1)
Cunitz, Maria (1610-1664)
78(1)
Cycloid
78(3)
D
Decimals
81(1)
Dee, John (1527-1608)
81(1)
Demonstrations and Public Lectures
82(1)
Descartes, Rene (1596-1650)
83(2)
Digby, Sir Kenelm (1603-1665)
85(1)
Dissection and Vivisection
86(3)
E
East Asian Science
89(2)
Education
91(1)
Embryology
92(2)
Epicureanism
94(1)
Experiments
95(2)
Exploration, Discovery, and Colonization
97(4)
F
Fermat, Pierre de (1601-1665)
101(1)
Flamsteed, John (1646-1719)
102(1)
Fludd, Robert (1574-1637)
103(1)
Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bouvier de (1657-1757)
104(1)
Force
104(1)
Fossils
105(4)
G
Galenism
109(1)
Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642)
110(3)
Gassendi, Pierre (1592-1655)
113(1)
Geography
114(2)
Geology
116(2)
Gilbert, William (1544-1603
118(1)
God
119(1)
Gravity
120(2)
Great Chain of Being
122(1)
Greenwich Observatory
123(1)
Gregorian Reform of the Calendar
123(1)
Gresham College
124(1)
Grew, Nehemiah (1641-1712)
125(2)
H
Halley, Edmond (1656-1742)
127(1)
Harriot, Thomas (1560-1621)
128(1)
Hartlib Circle
129(1)
Harvey, William (1578-1657)
130(2)
Helmont, Francis Mercury van (1614-1698)
132(1)
Helmont, Johannes Baptista van (1579-1644)
132(2)
Herbals
134(1)
Hermeticism
135(2)
Hernandez, Fracisco (c. 1517-1587)
137(1)
Hevelius, Johannes (1611-1687)
137(1)
Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679)
138(1)
Hooke, Robert (1635-1703)
139(2)
Humanism
141(3)
Huygens, Christiaan (1629-1695)
144(3)
I
Illustration
147(2)
Indian Science
149(1)
Infinity
150(3)
J
Jesuits
153(1)
Jewish Culture
154(2)
Journal des scavans
156(1)
K
Kabbalah
157(1)
Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630)
158(3)
Kirch nee Winkelmann, Maria (1670-1720)
161(1)
Kircher, Athanasius (1601-1680)
161(2)
L
Laboratories
163(1)
Laws of Nature
164(1)
Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van (1632-1723)
165(2)
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhlem (1646-1716)
167(1)
Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence
168(1)
Libavius, Andreas (c. 1560-1616)
169(1)
Libraries
170(1)
Literature
171(2)
Locke, John (1632-1704)
173(1)
Logarithms
173(1)
London College of Physicians
174(3)
M
Magic
177(2)
Malebranche, Nicholas (1638-1715)
179(1)
Malpighi, Marcello (1628-1694)
179(1)
Mathematics
180(3)
Matter
183(1)
Mechanical Philosophy
184(3)
Mechanics
187(2)
Medicine
189(2)
Medieval Science
191(2)
Merian, Anna Maria Sibylla (1647-1717)
193(1)
Mersenne, Marin (1588-1648)
194(1)
Microscopes
195(1)
Midwives
196(2)
Millenarianism
198(1)
Mining
199(1)
Monsters
200(1)
Museums and Collections
201(2)
Music
203(4)
N
National Differences in Science
207(2)
Natural History
209(3)
Natural Magic
212(1)
Natural Theology
213(1)
Navigation
214(2)
New Star of 1572
216(1)
Newton, Isaac (1642-1727)
217(3)
Newtonianism
220(3)
O
Observatories
223(2)
Oldenburg, Henry (c. 1618-1677)
225(1)
Optics
225(2)
Orta, Garcia d' (c. 1500-c. 1568)
227(1)
Oxford University
227(4)
P
Papacy
231(1)
Paracelsianism
232(1)
Paracelsus (1493-1541)
233(1)
Paris Observatory
234(1)
Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662)
235(1)
Peiresc, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de (1580-1637)
236(1)
Periodicals
237(1)
Personifications and Images of Nature
238(2)
Philosophical Transactions
240(1)
Physicians
241(2)
Physics
243(2)
Physiology
245(2)
Planetary Spheres and Orbits
247(2)
Platonism
249(2)
Political Arithmetic
251(1)
Politics and Science
252(2)
Popularization of Science
254(2)
Porta, Giambattista della (1535-1615)
256(1)
Printing
257(2)
Priority
259(2)
Probability
261(1)
Prodigies
262(2)
Puritanism and Science
264(3)
R
Race
267(2)
Ramism
269(1)
Ray, John (1627-1705)
269(1)
Religion and Science
270(3)
Renaudot, Theophraste (c. 1584-1653)
273(1)
Rhetoric
274(1)
Rosicrucianism
275(2)
Royal Academy of Sciences
277(2)
Royal Society
279(2)
Royal Touch
281(1)
Rudbeck, Olof (1630-1702)
281(1)
Rudolf II (1552-1612)
282(1)
Rumph, Georg Eberhard (1627-1702)
282(3)
S
Salons
285(1)
Sexual Difference
285(2)
Skepticism
287(2)
Slide Rules
289(1)
Spinoza, Baruch (1632-1677)
289(1)
Spontaneous Generation
290(1)
Starkey, George (1627-1665)
291(1)
Steno, Nicolaus (1638-1686)
292(1)
Stevin, Simon (1548-1620)
293(1)
Stoicism
293(1)
Surgeons and Surgery
294(2)
Swammerdam, Jan (1637-1680)
296(1)
Sydenham, Thomas (1624-1689)
296(3)
T
Technology and Engineering
299(2)
Telescopes
301(2)
Telesio, Bernardino (1509-1588)
303(1)
Thermometers
303(1)
Tides
304(1)
Trial of Galileo
305(2)
U
Universal Languages
307(1)
Universities
308(1)
University of Leiden
309(2)
University of Padua
311(1)
University of Wittenberg
312(1)
Utopias
312(3)
V
Vacuum
315(1)
Vesalius, Andreas (1514-1564)
316(1)
Viete, Francois (1540-1603)
316(3)
W
Wallis, John (1616-1703)
319(1)
War
320(1)
Weapon Salve
320(1)
Weather
321(1)
Wilkins, John (1614-1672)
322(1)
Witchcraft and Demonology
323(2)
Women
325(2)
Wren, Christopher (1632-1723)
327(2)
Z
Zoology
329(4)
Chronology 333(10)
Bibliography and Web Sites 343(14)
Index 357(30)
About the Author 387

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