William Harvey and the Use of Purpose in the Scientific Revolution: Cosmos by Chance or Universe by Design?

William Harvey and the Use of Purpose in the Scientific Revolution: Cosmos by Chance or Universe by Design?

by Emerson Thomas McMullen
William Harvey and the Use of Purpose in the Scientific Revolution: Cosmos by Chance or Universe by Design?

William Harvey and the Use of Purpose in the Scientific Revolution: Cosmos by Chance or Universe by Design?

by Emerson Thomas McMullen

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Overview

This book presents several new ideas in the history and philosophy of science. Against the backdrop of the major events of William Harvey's times, the author provides new insights into Harvey's discovery of the blood's circulation. A major theme is how Harvey and other scientists based their work on the concept that God created the universe purposefully. The author also develops a new, historically-based pattern of scientific discovery and advance.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780761809586
Publisher: University Press of America
Publication date: 03/12/1998
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 280
Product dimensions: 5.36(w) x 8.44(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

Emerson Thomas McMullen is Assistant Professor of History of Science, Technology and Medicine at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia.
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