A History of Natural Philosophy by Edward Grant - pp. 376 1st Edition

Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Natural philosophy encompassed all natural phenomena of the physical world. This book describes how, in the seventeenth century, natural philosophy and the exact mathematical sciences were joined together to make the Scientific Revoluti

Cambridge Univ Pr, 2007. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 376 pages. 8.75x5.75x1.50 inches.

Cambridge Univ Pr, 2007. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 376 pages. 8.75x5.75x1.50 inches.

Cambridge:: Cambridge University Press, (2007)., 2007. 8vo. Brown cloth. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO DAVID C. LINDBERG. Issued in paper or cloth (this is the cloth issue). "Natural philosophy encompassed all natural phenomena of the physical world. It sought to discover the physical causes of all natural effects and was little concerned with mathematics. By contrast, the exact mathematical sciences – such as astronomy, optics, and mechanics – were narrowly confined to various computations that did not involve physical causes. Natural philosophy and the exact sciences in the late Middle Ages, a much more thoroughgoing union of natural philosophy and mathematics occurred in the seventeenth century and thereby made the Scientific Revolution possible. The title of Isaac Newton's great work, The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, perfectly reflects the new relationship. Natural philosophy became the 'Great Mother of the Sciences,' which by the nineteenth century had nourished the manifold… Read More

Hardback. New. Natural philosophy encompassed all natural phenomena of the physical world. This book describes how, in the seventeenth century, natural philosophy and the exact mathematical sciences were joined together to make the Scientific Revolution possible and lay the foundations for the emergence of numerous modern sciences in the nineteenth century.

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Cambridge University Press. hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!