Bibliograph

Scientists and inventors of the Renaissance, edited by Robert Curley

Type

Label

Scientists and inventors of the Renaissance, edited by Robert Curley

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [158]-160) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Scientists and inventors of the Renaissance

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

800352246

Responsibility statement

edited by Robert Curley

Series statement

The Renaissance

Summary

"The ingenuity evidenced during the Renaissance was not just limited to the fine arts. A number of scientists and inventors also made astonishing breakthroughs in astronomy, medicine, physics, and more. Readers examine the scientific revolution, profiling Isaac Newton, Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo, and many other great thinkers who transformed the scientific and mechanical worlds."--Publisher description

Table Of Contents

1. The scientific revolution. Astronomy: The Ptolemaic inheritance ; The new sun-centered system -- Mechanics: Galileo and Descartes on motion ; Newton's laws -- Optics -- Chemistry -- The Royal Society of London -- Medicine: The anatomists ; The futile search for an easy system ; Harvey and the experimental method -- Microscopy: Malpighi's animal and plant studies ; The discovery of cells ; The discovery of "animalcules" ; Microscopy and the scientific method -- Technology and Renaissance science -- 2. Astronomers. Nicolaus Copernicus: Early life and education ; Copernicus's astronomical work ; Publication of De Revolutionibus -- Tycho Brahe: Youth and education ; Mature career -- Johannes Kepler: Kepler's social world ; Astronomical work -- Galileo: Refracting and reflecting telescopes ; Early life and career ; Telescopic discoveries ; Galileo's Copernicanism ; Galileo and the Inquisition -- 3. Natural philosophers. Rene Descartes: Early life and education ; Residence in the Netherlands ; The world, The Discourse on method, and The meditations ; Physics, physiology, and morals ; Final years -- Isaac Newton: Formative influences ; Early work on motion ; The Principia ; Newton's final years -- Christiaan Huygens -- Robert Boyle: Early life and education ; Scientific career ; Discovering Boyle's law ; Theological activities ; Mature years in London -- 4. Anatomists, physicians, and microscopists. Mondino Dei Liucci -- Paracelsus: Education ; Career ; Contributions to medicine -- Girolamo Fracastoro -- Ambroise Pare -- Andreas Vesalius: Education ; The Fabrica ; Career ; Assessment -- Gabriel Fallopius -- Hieronymus Fabricius -- Santorio Santorio -- William Harvey: Education and career ; Physician to the king ; Later life ; Discovery of circulation ; The invention of the microscope --- Jan Baptista van Helmont: Education and early life ; Publications ; Major experiments ; Other contributions -- Giovanni Alfonso Borelli -- Franciscus Sylvius -- Marcello Malpighi: Life ; Assessment -- Thomas Willis -- Robert Hooke -- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek -- 5. Inventors. Johannes Gutenberg: Life ; Invention of the press ; Printing of the Bible -- Hans Lippershey ; Sir John Harington and the flush toilet -- Cornelis Drebbel -- Evangelista Torricelli -- Otto von Guericke -- Giuseppe Campani -- James Gregory -- Denis Papin -- Thomas Savery

Target audience

juvenile

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