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The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science

The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science

Paperback (03 Sep 1998)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Analyzes the works of Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Descartes, Hobbes, Gilbert, Boyle, and Newton to establish the reasons for the triumph of the modern scientific perspective.A criticism as well as a history of the change that made possible the rise of science, this volume is also a guide to understanding the methods and accomplishments of the great philosopher-scientists of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Book information

ISBN: 9781573924320
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Imprint: Humanities Press
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Language: English
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 363g
Height: 215mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 23mm