Real, Mechanical, Experimental

Real, Mechanical, Experimental

by Francesco G. Sacco
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 05/07/2020

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This original work contains the first detailed account of the natural philosophy of Robert Hooke (1635-1703), leading figure of the early Royal Society. From celestial mechanics to microscopy, from optics to geology and biology, Hooke’s contributions to the Scientific Revolution proved decisive. Focusing separately on partial aspects of Hooke’s works, scholars have hitherto failed to see the unifying idea of the natural philosophy underlying them. Some of his unpublished papers have passed almost unnoticed. Hooke pursued the foundation of a real, mechanical and experimental philosophy, and this book is an attempt to reconstruct it. The book includes a selection of Hooke's unpublished papers.


Readers will discover a study of the new science through the works of one of the most known protagonists. Challenging the current views on the scientific life of restoration England, this book sheds new light on the circulation of Baconian ideals and the mechanical philosophyin the early Royal Society. This book is a must-read to anybody interested in Hooke, early modern science or Restoration history.

ISBN:
9783030444518
9783030444518
Category:
History of science
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
05-07-2020
Language:
English
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing

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