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Author Knight, David M., author.

Title Voyaging in strange seas : the great revolution in science / David Knight.

Publication Info. New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, 2014.
©2014

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Description 1 online resource (372 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Voyaging in strange seas -- The deep roots of modern science -- Refining common sense : the new philosophy -- Looking up to heaven : mathematics and telescopes -- Interrogating nature : the use of experiment -- Through nature to nature's God : the two books -- Sharing the vision : scientific societies -- Life is short, science long : the healing art -- Making things better : practical science -- The ladder of creation : the rise of natural history -- A global perspective : exploring and measuring -- Enlightenment : leisure, electricity and chemistry -- Revolution, evolution : how then, did science grow? -- Notes -- Further reading -- Illustration acknowledgements -- Index.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Science -- History.
Science.
History.
Discoveries in science -- History.
Discoveries in science.
Scientific expeditions -- History.
Scientific expeditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Knight, David. Voyaging in strange seas : the great revolution in science. New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, ©2014 329 pages 9780300173796
ISBN 9780300206180 (electronic book)
0300206186 (electronic book)
9780300173796
0300173792