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Universities and Science in the Early Modern Period (Archimedes)

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The past two decades have witnessed a striking re evaluation of early modern institutions of higher learning as impoverished intellectual centers, hostile to new modes of thought. The present volume offers the most comprehensive synthesis to date of the fecundity of early modern universities, their receptivity to novel scientific ideas, and their contribution to the critical dialogue that vitalized the emergent European scientific community. The "soul" of the early modern university was its well-rounded, humanistically informed curriculum and the culture of erudition it inculcated. The authors of this volume offer a fresh assessment of how this course of study affected generations of natural philosophers, from the Iberian Peninsula to Scandinavia, from Italy to Scotland, even as it was increasingly modified to accommodate the new science. The fresh evidence gathered here emphasizes just how rigorously science was pursued by academics, notwithstanding institutional constraints. Individually, each paper illustrates the nexus of complexities specific locales made on the reception and transmission of scientific ideas; collectively, the papers offer a comparative framework that should prove invaluable in our evaluating the profound changes undergone by early modern universities during the era of Scientific Revolution.

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Springer
Language
English
Pages
309

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Universities and Science in the Early Modern Period
2010, Springer Netherlands
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Cover of: Universities and Science in the Early Modern Period (Archimedes)
Universities and Science in the Early Modern Period (Archimedes)
February 28, 2006, Springer
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Cover of: Universities and Science in the Early Modern Period
Universities and Science in the Early Modern Period
2006, Springer
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Library of Congress
Q181 .U59 2006, LB2300-2799.3, Q125.2 .U55 2006

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Hardcover
Number of pages
309
Dimensions
9.5 x 6.5 x 0.9 inches
Weight
1 pounds

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OL8371684M
ISBN 10
1402039743
ISBN 13
9781402039744
LCCN
2007270034
OCLC/WorldCat
63197191
Goodreads
5107985

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OL16923778W

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