Burchard de Volder and the Age of the Scientific Revolution
This monograph details the entire scientific thought of an influential natural philosopher whose contributions, unfortunately, have become obscured by the pages of history. Readers will discover an important thinker: Burchard de Volder. He was instrumenta
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Andrea Strazzoni
Burchard de Volder and the Age of the Scientific Revolution
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Volume 51
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Andrea Strazzoni
Burchard de Volder and the Age of the Scientific Revolution
Andrea Strazzoni Gotha Research Centre of the University of Erfurt Gotha, Germany
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Acknowledgments
The preparation of this book has been made possible by a Christoph-Martin-Wieland Postdoctoral Fellowship, which allowed me to focus on my research on Burchard de Volder at the Gotha Research Centre of the University of Erfurt over the years 2016– 2018. My deepest thanks go to the directors of the center: Martin Mulsow, Markus Meumann, and Iris Schröder, who supported and enabled my research in Gotha. Very special thanks go to my colleagues Dirk Jansen (who crucially helped me wi
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