The Very Idea of Modern Science: Francis Bacon and Robert Boyle

by Joseph Agassi

Book Overview

This book is a study of the scientific revolution as a movement of amateur science. It describes the ideology of the amateur scientific societies as the philosophy of the Enlightenment Movement and their social structure and the way they made modern science such a magnificent institution. It also shows what was missing in the scientific organization of science and why it gave way to professional science in stages. In particular the book studies the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400797753
• ISBN13: 9789400797758
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"