Science and Technology in World History, Volume 3: The Black Death, the Renaissance, the Reformation and the Scientific Revolution

by David Deming

Overview

This installment in a series on science and technology in world history begins in the fourteenth century, explaining the origin and nature of scientific methodology and the relation of science to religion, philosophy, military history, economics and technology. Specific topics covered include the Black Death, the Little Ice Age, the invention of the printing press, Martin Luther and the Reformation, the birth of modern medicine, the Copernican Revolution, Galileo, Kepler, Isaac Newton, and the Scientific Revolution.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786461721
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date:	06/14/2012
Series:	Science and Technology in World History , #3
Pages:	327
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

David Deming is a professor of Arts & Sciences at the University of Oklahoma. A geophysicist, research scientist and historian, he has written on topics ranging from the history of science to climate change and energy resources.

Table of Contents

Preface 1

1 Famine and Pestilence 3

The Little Ice Age (c. 1300-1860) 3

The Black Death (1348-1350) 5

2 The Witch Mania (c. 1450-1700) 14

Magic, Sorcery and Witchcraft 14

3 The Printing Press (1450) 28

Science, Repeatability and the Printing Press 28

4 A Short History of Censorship 35

Ancient World 35

5 The Renaissance (c. 1350-1650) 43

Humanism and the Revival of Learning 43

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) 48

6 The Reformation 58

The Corruption of the Roman Catholic Church (c. 1000-1500) 58

Martin Luther (1483-1546) 62

7 Birth of Modern Medicine 87

European Medicine in the Middle Ages (c. 600-1500) 87

Paracelsus (1493-1541) 95

The Reform of Anatomy and Physiology 106

8 Educational Reform and Peter Ramus (1515-1572) 113

Scholastic Pedantry 113

9 The Copernican Revolution 127

Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) 127

Tycho Brake (1546-1601) 140

Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) 146

10 The Scientific Revolution (c. 1543-1687) 158

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) 158

Francis Bacon (1561-1626) 183

Experimental Philosophy in Seventeenth Century Europe 203

Isaac Newton (1642-1727) 216

Conclusion 259

Chapter Notes 262

Bibliography 299

Index 314