Artisan/practitioners and the Rise of the New Sciences, 1400-1600
| Author | : Pamela O. Long |
| Publisher | : OSU Press Horning Visiting Sch |
| Total Pages | : 212 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| ISBN-10 | : UCSD:31822038134466 |
| ISBN-13 | : |
| Rating | : 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Artisan/practitioners and the Rise of the New Sciences, 1400-1600 by : Pamela O. Long
Download or read book Artisan/practitioners and the Rise of the New Sciences, 1400-1600 written by Pamela O. Long and published by OSU Press Horning Visiting Sch. This book was released on 2011 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Artisan/Practitioners offers an introduction to the history of science through new discussion of an influential thesis in the discipline. The "Zilsel thesis" argues that artisans, craftsmen, and other practitioners exerted an important influence on the development of empirical methodologies in the Scientific Revolution, the "new sciences" of the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
