Intellectual curiosity and the scientific revolution : a global perspective / Toby E. Huff.

  • Huff, Toby E., 1942-
Date:
2011
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Publication/Creation

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Physical description

xiii, 354 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Something new under the sun. Introduction ; Inventing the discovery machine ; The new telescopic evidence ; The "far seeing looking glass" goes to China ; The discovery machine goes to the Muslim world -- Patterns of education. Three ideals of higher education : Islamic, Chinese, and Western -- Science unbound. Infectious curiosity I : anatomy and microbiology ; Infectious curiosity II : weighing the air and atmospheric pressure ; Infectious curiosity III : magnetism and electricity ; Prelude to the grand synthesis ; The path to the grand synthesis ; The scientific revolution in comparative perspective ; Epilogue : science, literacy, and economic development.

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    History of Medicine
    AB.AA6
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ISBN

  • 9781107000827
  • 1107000823
  • 9780521170529
  • 0521170524