The Science of Nature in the Seventeenth Century Patterns of Change
The seventeenth century marked a critical phase in the emergence of modern science. But we misunderstand this process, if we assume that seventeenth-century modes of natural inquiry were identical to the highly specialised, professionalised and ever proli
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, Idols 138–140, 143, 146, 159–160, 217, Advancement of Learning 138, 168–169, Novum Organum 138, 168, 169, 217, 218 Baillet, A. 231 Baldi, B. 89n, 101, 103, 112n, 117–119, 121, 124–126 Balfour, J. 180 Barbensi, G. 187 Barlow, W. 156 Baron, J. 229n Barrow, I. 230n Bechler, Z. 233, 235 Beeckman, I. 3, 4, 26–28, 36, 37, 38, 42, 55, 57–9, 62n, 63, 70–72, 77, 85–89, 102n, 103n, collision laws 58 Benedetti, G. B. 59, 85, 101, 119, 120, 122, 124–125 Bennett, J. A. 156n Berengar of Tours 131 Beretta, M. 189–190 Biagioli, M. 140n bis, 141, 142 et bis, 146n bis, 147n, 187, 188 Biancani, G. 85–6, 94 Birch, T. 224n Bjurstrom, P. 142n Blackmore, Sir R. 229 Blaeu, W. J. 18 Blancanus, J. 103 Blundeville, T. 156 Bock, H. 17 Boethuis 105n, 107n, Bonnet, C. 174n Borelli, G. 201, 202–209, 211 Borromeo, F. 192n Boschiero, L. 5, 6, 185–212 Bossha, J. 67 Boulliau, I. 195, 200n, 201 Boyle, R. 3, 32, 102n, 147, 149, 156, 159–160, 172–181, 188, 218, 221–222, 224, 226, 230, 233, 234n Brashear, R. 127n Brouncker, W. 224n Brown, T. M. 140n Brunfels, O. 17 Buchdahl, G. 66n Buffon, Comte de 175 Bullinger, H. 154n
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Burke, P. 140n Burnet, T. 174, 175, 231n Calvin, J. 179n Cambridge Platonists 175 Campanella, T. 222 Cano, M. 151 Cardano, G. 101, 109 Carré, M. 181n Casaubon, M. 157–158 Caterus 114n Cavendish, M. 215n, 219, 223n Cesi, F. 192 Charleton, W. 147, 172 Châtelain, E. 132n Chêng Ho 17 Childrey, J. 225n Christian theology 2, 5, 131–136, 148, 168–173 Clarke, D. 90n, 117n, 231n Clavius, G. (DuClo) 26 Clergy 160, 178–180 Clerselier, C. 92 Cohen, H. F. 2n, 3, 5, 9–32 Cohen, I. B. 232, 233, 234n Colbert, J. B. 140 Cole, W. 228n Collins, H. M. 96n, 196n Comets 45, 54, 74, 126, 146 Commandino, F. 112n Compayré, G. 142n Condemnation of 1277 132 Cook, H. 223n Copernicanism 4, 36, 37, 42, 70, 76, 101n, 132, 146n, 149, 151, 194, 198–203, 206–211, 224 Copernicus 16, 23, 24–25, 50n, De revolutionibus 24–25, 179, 200, 208 Corpuscularianism 3, 9, 27–28, 36, 37, 38–9, 55–59, 70, 142, 224 Cotes, R. 225n, 232, 234n Council of Trent 151 Council of Vienne 133 Crafts 17 Cudworth, R. 175n Cunningham, A. 2n, 165, 170, 172, 181 D’Alembert, J. Le R. 147 da Gama, V. 17 da Vinci, L 16, 17, 19 Dales, R. C. 167n Dante 140n Daston, L. 221n Dati, C. 206–208
de Castro, J. 19 de Gandt, F. 102n de Waard, C. 66n Dear, P. 2n bis, 4, 81–96, 102, 103n, 104, 105n, 165n bis, 166n, 185n, 215n, 230 Della Mirandola, G. P. 132 Della Porta, G. 142 Delle Colombe, L. 146–147 Delumeau, J. 148n Democritus 11, 27 Denifle, H. 132n Derham, W. 180 Des Chene, D. 119n Descartes, R. 3, 26–28, 31, 35–77 passim, 81–96 passim, 99–127 passim, 139, 142, 143, 148, 150, 166, 167, 169–170, 176–179, 225, 229–233, circular motion 41, 51, 52, 81, 87–90, clear and distinct ideas 143, 149–153, 158, 171, cosmogony 45–49, 173, dynamics 38, 69, 70, gravity (see weight), hydrostatics 55–63, 69, 70, 76, laws of nature 39–41, 82, 90, 117–119, 121, 171, 176, light 4, 69, 70, 72, 73, 122 moon 73, 75, 81–84, optics 64–68, tides 73, 82, weight 60–61, 73–75, 82, 84, 86, 87–90, Cogitationes Privatæ 60n, Com
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