TY - BOOK ID - 34031662 TI - The construction of modern science : mechanisms and mechanics PY - 1977 SN - 0521218632 0521292956 9780521218634 9780521292955 PB - Cambridge New York, NY London Melbourne : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Mechanics KW - Science KW - History KW - History. KW - -Science KW - -5/6 (09) KW - Natural science KW - Science of science KW - Sciences KW - Classical mechanics KW - Newtonian mechanics KW - Physics KW - Dynamics KW - Quantum theory KW - Geschiedenis van de exacte en toegepaste wetenschappen KW - Natural sciences KW - Mechanics - History KW - Science - History KW - -History KW - HISTOIRE DES SCIENCES KW - CHIMIE KW - NEWTON (SIR ISAAC), MATHEMATICIEN, PHYSICIEN ET ASTRONOME ANGLAIS, 1642-1727 KW - TEMPS MODERNES KW - HISTOIRE KW - SCIENCE UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:34031662 AB - This introduction to the history of science in the seventeenth century examines the so-called 'scientific revolution' in terms of the interplay between two major themes. The Platonic-Pythagorean tradition looked on nature in geometric terms with the conviction that the cosmos was constructed according to the principles of mathematical order, while the mechanical philosophy conceived of nature as a huge machine and sought to explain the hidden mechanisms behind phenomena. Pursuing different goals, these two movements of thought tended to conflict with each other, and more than the obviously mathematical sciences were affected - the influence spread as far as chemistry and the life sciences. As this book demonstrates, the full fruition of the scientific revolution required a resolution of the tension between the two dominant trends. ER -