ISBN : 9780199989331
In The Scientific Revolution in Global Perspective, William Burns places the Scientific Revolution, its causes and effects, in a global context. It breaks with the Eurocentric tradition of previous surveys to fully reimagine the emergence of modern science on a global scale. Based on cutting-edge scholarship, Burns fluidly integrates the history of the Scientific Revolution in a convincing and seamless fashion, providing the reader with a new appreciation for the origins of the global, technological world around them.
List of Illustrations
List of Maps
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
Chapter One: The Old Regime in Science
Chapter Two: The Ancients and the Moderns
Chapter Three: New Worlds of Science
Chapter Four: Astronomy and Physics from Copernicus to Newton
Chapter Five: Religion in the Scientific Revolution
Chapter Six: Cultures and Institutions of the Scientific Revolution
Chapter Seven: Science and Society
Chapter Eight: The Scientific Revolution in the Colonial World
Chapter Nine: The Scientific Revolution in Asia
Conclusion: The Scientific Revolution in World History