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The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution
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The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution Paperback - 2016

by Wootton, David

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Harper Perennial. New.. New Harper Perennial, 2016 New David Wootton is the Anniversary Professor at the University of York His previous books include Paolo Sarpi, Bad Medicine, and Galileo He gave the Raleigh Lectures at the British Academy in 2008, the Carlyle Lectures at the University of Oxford in 2014, and the Benedict Lecture at Boston University in 2014A companion to such acclaimed works as The Age of Wonder, A Clockwork Universe, and Darwin's Ghosts-a groundbreaking examination of the greatest event in history, the Scientific Revolution, and how it came to change the way we understand ourselves and our worldWe live in a world transformed by scientific discovery Yet today, science and its practitioners have come under political attack In this fascinating history spanning continents and centuries, historian David Wootton offers a lively defense of science, revealing why the Scientific Revolution was truly the greatest event in our historyThe Invention of Science goes back five hundred years in time to chronicle this crucial transformation, exploring the factors that led to its birth and the people who made it happen Wootton argues that the Scientific Revolution was actually five separate yet concurrent events that developed independently, but came to intersect and create a new worldview Here are the brilliant iconoclasts-Galileo, Copernicus, Brahe, Newton, and many more curious minds from across Europe-whose studies of the natural world challenged centuries of religious orthodoxy and ingrained superstitionFrom gunpowder technology, the discovery of the new world, movable type printing, perspective painting, and the telescope to the practice of conducting experiments, the laws of nature, and the concept of the fact, Wotton shows how these discoveries codified into a social construct and a system of knowledge Ultimately, he makes clear the link between scientific discovery and the rise of industrialization-and the birth of the modern world we know
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  • Title The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution
  • Author Wootton, David
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition New
  • Pages 784
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harper Perennial
  • Date 2016-12
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 26442
  • ISBN 9780061759536 / 0061759538
  • Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.9 x 5.3 x 1.4 in (20.07 x 13.46 x 3.56 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 17th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects Science - History, Science, Renaissance
  • Dewey Decimal Code 509.03

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From the rear cover

Before 1492, all significant knowledge was believed to be already available; there was no concept of progress, as people looked to the past, not the future, for understanding. David Wootton argues that the discovery of America demonstrated new knowledge was possible: indeed, it introduced the very concept of discovery and opened the way to the invention of science.

The first crucial discovery was Tycho Brahe's nova of 1572: proof that there could be change in the heavens. The invention of the telescope in 1608 rendered the old astronomy obsolete. Evangelista Torricelli's experiment with the vacuum, in 1643 directly led to the triumph of the experimental method used in the Royal Society by Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton. By 1750, Newtonianism was being celebrated throughout Europe.

This innovative science relied on a new understanding of what knowledge may be, and with this came a fresh language: discovery, progress, fact, experiment, hypothesis, theory, and laws of nature. Although almost all these terms existed before 1492, their meanings were radically transformed, and they became tools to think scientifically. Now we all speak this language of science that was invented during the Scientific Revolution.

The new culture led to a new rationalism, repudiating alchemy, astrology, and the belief in witchcraft. It also led to the invention of the steam engine and to the first Industrial Revolution. Wootton's landmark work changes our understanding of how this great transformation came about, and of what science is.

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