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The first textbook covering the history of science from antiquity through the Scientific Revolution. Providing students of all backgrounds with the tools to study science like a historian, Gal covers everything from Pythagorean mathematics to Newton's Principia, introducing the complex relationships between institutions, beliefs and politics.
Editions of The Origins of Modern Science
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781316510308
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781316649701
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The first textbook covering the history of science from antiquity through the Scientific Revolution. Providing students of all backgrounds with the tools to study science like a historian, Gal covers everything from Pythagorean mathematics to Newton's Principia, introducing the complex relationships between institutions, beliefs and politics.
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What is The Origins of Modern Science about?
The first textbook covering the history of science from antiquity through the Scientific Revolution. Providing students of all backgrounds with the tools to study science like a historian, Gal covers everything from Pythagorean mathematics to Newton's Principia, introducing the complex relationships between institutions, beliefs and politics.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in The Origins of Modern Science?
Mathematics and Science > Science: general issues > History of science
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book The Origins of Modern Science?
Ofer Gal
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The Origins of Modern Science is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781316510308) and paperback(ISBN 9781316649701)