English Science, Bacon to Newton
Language: English
Published by Cambridge University Press, 1987
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Description: Scholarly anthology tracing the development of English scientific prose from Francis Bacon through Isaac Newton. Edited by Brian Vickers for the Cambridge English Prose Texts series. The selections include writings by Bacon, Robert Boyle, Robert Hooke, Henry Power, Thomas Sprat, Isaac Newton, and other figures associated with seventeenth-century science and the Royal Society. Includes an introduction, explanatory material, bibliography, and index. Detailed Condition: Trade paperback in Good condition. Binding remains sound. Covers show rubbing, light soiling, edgewear, bumped corners, and several creases, including a vertical crease near the front cover’s outer edge. Spine has rubbing and light surface wear. Page edges are toned and lightly soiled. Several former bookseller price and inventory notations appear in ink and pencil on the half-title. Interior pages show normal age toning. No other writing was identified in the photographed pages. Shipping and Returns: Carefully packed for shipment. USPS Media Mail available within the United States. International shipping available where permitted. Returns accepted according to AbeBooks policies. SCI 4b. …
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- Title
- English Science, Bacon to Newton
- Author
- Vickers, Brian, editor
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication year
- 1987
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0521316839
- ISBN 13
- 9780521316835
- Item weight
- 0.926 pounds
- Dimensions
- 5.5 inches width by 8.5 inches height by 0.65 inches depth
- Seller catalogs
- British History, History of Science, Literary Criticism & Theory, Philosophy
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'Brian Vickers's collection brings together extracts from the writings of English experimental philosophers of the seventeenth century. Its appearance ... is a welcome sign of attempts to build bridges between literary studies and the history of science. The focus is well chosen: the experimentalists of the early Royal Society are an identifiable group, with a distinctive style of doing and writing natural philosophy, producing what Vickers calls 'the prose of experiment'. This is well represented here by extracts from a number of well-known works: Robert Boyle's Sceptical Chymist, Henry Power's Experimental Philosophy, Robert Hooke's Micrographia and Thomas Sprat's History of the Royal Society. Francis Bacon, whose writing inspired this group, is rightly given first place in the anthology, with his works Preparative Towards a Natural and Experimental History and New Atlantis. At the end of the period covered, the inclusion of Isaac Newton's New Theory about Light and Colours (1672) enables the reader to see the Baconian style of experimental writing being transformed into a more theoretical and axiomatic one. The presentation of the texts is of a high standard, and will unquestionably be useful for students. Helpful notes, a glossary and a select bibliography are provided.' British Journal for the History of Science, 21 (1988): 362-3
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