The Origins Of Modern Science

Description for THE ORIGINS OF MODERN SCIENCE by Herbert Butterfield, Ph.D., M.D.:

THE ORIGINS OF MODERN SCIENCE

With engaging wisdom and literary skill, Professor Butterfield illuminates the dynamic growth of science beginning with the impetus theory of the late Middle Ages. He shows how bold, original thinkers like Galileo, Bacon and Copernicus ventured outside the strictures of Aristotelian physics to overcome scholastic restraints. He also traces the impact of Newton, Harvey, Boyle and others upon the thinking of their times and their effect on other modes of thought. His examination brings the reader to the 18th century and the threshold of modern-day science.