Handling occult qualities in the scientific revolution : disciplines and new approaches to natural philosophy, from John Dee to Isaac Newton /

"The Scientific Revolution saw the redefinition of many scholastic notions about the nature of the world and its constituent parts, from planets to particles. Wang's book introduces a convincing and wide-ranging narrative of the changing place of 'occult qualities' in the context...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Wang, Xiaona (Science historian)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, [2023]
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
"The Scientific Revolution saw the redefinition of many scholastic notions about the nature of the world and its constituent parts, from planets to particles. Wang's book introduces a convincing and wide-ranging narrative of the changing place of 'occult qualities' in the context of emergent new scientific methods and early modern disciplinary realignments. Through in-depth analysis of the diverse treatments of this notion, whereby it becomes now a hollow phrase, now a touchstone for the superiority of new physics, Wang shows how the transmission of this notion is key to understanding almost every facet of the new physics of the age"--
Umfang:
1 online resource (260 pages)
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9789004535473
9004535470
Schlagworte:
Occultism and science > History > 17th century.
Physics > History > 17th century.
Enlightenment.
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