The Scientific Revolution: A Brief History with Documents
- ISBN-10
- 1319113133
- ISBN-13
- 9781319113131
- Series
- The Scientific Revolution
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 160
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-09-21
- Publisher
- Bedford Books
- Author
- Margaret C. Jacob
Description
This revised edition of The Scientific Revolution highlights the difficulty of engaging, discarding, or assimilating religious paradigms in the course of scientific development.
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