Ofer Gal (University of Sydney)

Broschiertes Buch

The Origins of Modern Science

From Antiquity to the Scientific Revolution

Beschreibung

The first textbook covering the history of science from antiquity through the Scientific Revolution. Providing students of all backgrounds with the tools to study science like a historian, Gal covers everything from Pythagorean mathematics to Newton's Principia, introducing the complex relationships between institutions, beliefs and politics.

Autor

Ofer Gal is Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney and has been teaching the history of science for over a quarter century. He has won numerous prizes and has published monographs, edited volumes and articles, especially about early modern physical sciences, but also on the global knowledge, eighteenth-century chemistry, and various philosophical issues.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 171mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 808g
• ISBN-13: 9781316649701
• ISBN-10: 1316649709
• Artikelnr.: 60159232