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Isaac Beeckman on Matter and Motion : Mechanical Philosophy in the Making.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (276 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781421409610
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Isaac Beeckman on Matter and MotionDDC classification:
  • 509.2 B
LOC classification:
  • Q125.2 .B4713 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 The Making of a Natural Philosopher, 1588-1619 -- 2 Schoolteacher and Craftsman, 1619-1627 -- 3 Among Patricians and Philosophers, 1627-1637 -- 4 Principles of Mechanical Philosophy I: Matter -- 5 Principles of Mechanical Philosophy II: Motion -- 6 Sources for a Mechanical Philosophy -- 7 Beeckman and the Scientific Revolution -- Notes -- Bibliographic Essay -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.
Summary: Van Berkel's account provides a new and comprehensive interpretation of the origins of the mechanical philosophy of nature, the philosophy that culminated in the work of Isaac Newton.
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Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 The Making of a Natural Philosopher, 1588-1619 -- 2 Schoolteacher and Craftsman, 1619-1627 -- 3 Among Patricians and Philosophers, 1627-1637 -- 4 Principles of Mechanical Philosophy I: Matter -- 5 Principles of Mechanical Philosophy II: Motion -- 6 Sources for a Mechanical Philosophy -- 7 Beeckman and the Scientific Revolution -- Notes -- Bibliographic Essay -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.

Van Berkel's account provides a new and comprehensive interpretation of the origins of the mechanical philosophy of nature, the philosophy that culminated in the work of Isaac Newton.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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