Isaac Beeckman on Matter and Motion

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Isaac Beeckman on Matter and Motion

Author	: Klaas van Berkel
File Size	: 50,5 Mb
Publisher	: JHU Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 14 August 2013
ISBN	: 9781421409368
Pages	: 276 pages

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Isaac Beeckman on Matter and Motion by Klaas van Berkel Book PDF Summary

"Historians of science and the philosophy of science find the substance and stance of Isaac Beeckman's thought highly interesting, for it represented an early attempt to develop a comprehensive picture of the world by means of mechanistic theory, that is, forces acting upon one another. Besides possibly influencing Descartes, this view broke away from medieval religious assumptions and belief in occult forces. Berkel teases out Beeckman's evolving approach to nature by means of his extensive journals, explaining the leading concept of "picturability." Beeckman supplied a stepping stone (one still not widely appreciated) on the path that led to the scientific revolution"--

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