The Language of Nature, Volume 20: Reassessing the Mathematization of Natural Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century

Book Overview

Galileo's dictum that the book of nature "is written in the language of mathematics" is emblematic of the accepted view that the scientific revolution hinged on the conceptual and methodological integration of mathematics and natural philosophy. Although the mathematization of nature is a distinctive and crucial feature of the emergence of modern science in the seventeenth century, this volume shows that it was a far more complex, contested, and context-dependent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081669950X
• ISBN13: 9780816699506
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"