"A fascinating analysis of the works of Copernicus, Kepler, Gallileo, Descartes, Hobbes, Gilbert, Boyle and Newton." Medieval thought made man the center of the universe. This book shows the growth of a more modern perspective, in which man is but one part of a complex universe. This book will help in understanding the great accomplishments of the scientists of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Unabridged republication of book published by Doubleday & Company in 1954. 352 pages, bibliography, index.

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Title: The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Science
Publisher: Dover Publications, Mineola, NY
Publication Date: 2003
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0486425517
ISBN 13: 9780486425511
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: Reprint
Condition: New

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This classic in the philosophy of science describes and analyzes the profound change from the philosophy of the Middle Ages to the modern view of humanity's less central place in the universe. It offers a fascinating analysis of the works of Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Descartes, Hobbes, Gilbert, Boyle, and Newton.

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Burtt (1892-1989) offers a historical study of the philosophy of early modern science, locating its key assumptions as they emerge, and following them out to their classic formulation in the metaphysical paragraphs of Isaac Newton. Doubleday Anchor Books published the 1924, 1932, and 1954 editions as The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical

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