How Humankind Created Science: From Early Astronomy to Our Modern Scientific Worldview

by Fang-Tzu Hsu and Falin Chen

The development of science has been an ideological struggle that lasted over three millennia. At and after the times of the Babylonian Empire, however, the pace of scientific evolution was painfully slow. This situation changed after Copernicus kick-started the Scientific Revolution with his heliocentric theory. Newton's law of universal gravitation transformed natural philosophy, previously focused on mythology and abstract philosophical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030431347
• ISBN13: 9783030431341
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 582 Pages
• Weight: 1.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"