The Scientific Revolution: The Essential Readings

Editor's Introduction: What was the Scientific Revolution? Marcus Hellyer (Brandeis University).

1. The Traditional Narrative of The Scientific Revolution.

Editor's Introduction.

The Riseof Modern Science: When and Why?: R. Hooykaas (Late of University of Utrecht).

2. Competing Disciplines.

Editor's Introduction.

The Copernicans and the Churches: Robert S. Westman (University of California at San Diego).

3. The Experimental Philosophy and Its Institutions.

Editor's Introduction.

Pump and Circumstance: Robert Boyle’s Literary Technology: Steven Shapin (University of California at San Deigo).

4. The Mechanical Philosophy and Its Appeal.

Editor's Introduction.

A Mechanical Microcosm: Bodily Passions, Good Manners, and Cartesian Mechanism: Peter Dear (Cornell University).

5. The Revolution in Natural History.

Editor's Introduction.

Natural History and the Emblematic World View: William B. Ashworth, Jr. (University of Missouri, Kansas City).

6. Medicine and Alchemy.

Editor's Introduction.

The Chemical Philosophy and the Scientific Revolution: Allen G. Debus (University of Chicago).

7. The Newtonian Achievement.

Editor's Introduction.

The Newtonian Revolution: I. Bernard Cohen (Harvard University).

8. The Scientific Revolution and The Industrial Revolution.

Editor's Introduction.

The Cultural Origins of the First Industrial Revolution: Margaret C. Jacob (University of California, Los Angeles).

9. A Dissenting View.

Editor's Introduction.

De-Centering the ‘Big Picture’: The Origins Of Modern Science and the Modern Origins of Science: Andrew Cunningham (University of Cambridge) and Perry Williams.

Glossary.

Index.