Designed as an introduction to the age of the scientific revolution, this book offers readers and researchers an appealing mix of narrative chapters, biographical sketches of key figures, and annotate
Science historian Applebaum (emeritus, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago) presents a translation of Jeremiah Horrocks' (1618-41) treatise on the 1639 transit of Venus across the face of the su
With unprecedented current coverage of the profound changes in the nature and practice of science in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe, this comprehensive reference work addresses the individu
