The Scientific Revolution: An Encyclopedia
- ISBN-10
- 0874368758
- ISBN-13
- 9780874368758
- Series
- The Scientific Revolution
- Category
- Reference
- Pages
- 386
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-01-01
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO
- Author
- William E. Burns
Description
An encyclopedic collection of key scientists and the tools and concepts they developed that transformed our understanding of the physical world. * Includes over 200 A–Z entries covering topics ranging from Gregorian reform of the calendar to Thomas Hobbes, navigation, thermometers, and the trial of Galileo * Provides a chronology of the scientific revolution from the founding of the Casa de la Contratacion, a repository of navigational and cartographic knowledge, in 1503, to the death of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek in 1727
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