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Title: The Scientific Revolution and the Origins of Modern Science (Studies in European History) by John Henry ISBN: 0-333-96090-4 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Pub. Date: January, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: An indispensable and affordable research guide
Comment: Henry's overview of the key figures and concepts of the scientific revoulution is an admirable general resource for studying the political, cultural and religious background to early modern science.
This small and highly accessible book is organized around an extensive bibliography that is referenced throughout the chapters in bracketed footnote form, allowing readers to pursue histories, concepts and themes by simply checking the back of the book for the articles and books Henry lists as key texts (the bibliography is extensive, up to date, and annotated).
The text is accessible and well-written and would serve as a resource for undergraduates, novices, or as guide for more advanced studies -- I'm beginning a dissertation on this period and have found this to be an invaluable organizational tool and reference manual for my reading.
My only criticism is that the book is rather sparse on feminist/gender studies/critiques, though it does offer a few key texts and a very brief overview of feminist contributions. A broader description and more inclusive listing of the recent contributions of gender studies to the field would have extended the range of this impressive little volume.
In addition to chapters on the alchemical, cultural, and religious influences on early natural philosophy, readers will find a succinct and thought-provoking analysis of historigraphical approaches to science studies.
The bibliography is comprised of secondary sources and manages to be both extensive (245 entries) and selective, offering the principal texts for the terms of each debate or discussion point.
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Title: The Beginnings of Western Science: The European Scientific Tradition in Philosophical, Religious, and Institutional Context, 600 B.C. to A.D. 1450 by David C. Lindberg ISBN: 0226482316 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: June, 1992 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Revolutionizing the Sciences : European Knowledge and Its Ambitions, 1500-1700 by Peter Dear ISBN: 0691088608 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: The Foundations of Modern Science in the Middle Ages : Their Religious, Institutional and Intellectual Contexts by Edward Grant ISBN: 0521567629 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 28 October, 1996 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn ISBN: 0226458083 Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd) Pub. Date: November, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Scientific Revolution by Steven Shapin ISBN: 0226750213 Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd) Pub. Date: 1998 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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