Ancients and Moderns: A Study of the Rise of the Scientific Movement in Seventeenth-century EnglandEngaging, erudite study of rise of scientific movement in 17th-century England; Francis Bacon s role particularly stressed. Revised (1961) edition." |
Contents
Chapter | 3 |
The Decay of Nature | 22 |
The Advancement of Learning and Piety | 87 |
The Revolt from Aristotle and the Ancients | 119 |
Projects Inventions and the Progress of Science | 148 |
The Defence of the Experimental Philosophy | 183 |
The Baconfaced Generation | 237 |
Conclusion | 268 |
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