"Bilimsel devrim, doga konusundaki düsünce
kategorilerinin yeniden yapilanmasindan öte bir seydi. Bilimsel
arastirma etkinliklerinde gittikçe artan sayida kisinin yer almasini ve
modern yasamda gittikçe daha etkin rol oynayan yeni bir kuramlar
kümesinin yayilmasini da ifade eden toplumsal bir olguydu"
Richard S.
Westfall, modern bilimin olusmasindaki esas ögenin, düsüncelerin kendi
iç mantiklari uyarinca gelismeleri oldugu kanisindadir. Onun deyimiyle
bu kitap, bilimsel devrim tarihinde agirlik merkezinin, düsünce tarihi
olduguna dair inancin bir ifadesidir.
Arka kapaktan
COTE: [TUR-5] [WEST-7895]
(190 sayfa)
Original kitap/Livre original: The Construction of Modern ScienceCOTE: [TUR-5] [WEST-7895]
(190 sayfa)
This introduction to the history of science in the seventeenth century
examines the so-called 'scientific revolution' in terms of the
interplay between two major themes. The Platonic-Pythagorean tradition
looked on nature in geometric terms with the conviction that the cosmos
was constructed according to the principles of mathematical order,
while the mechanical philosophy conceived of nature as a huge machine
and sought to explain the hidden mechanisms behind phenomena. Pursuing
different goals, these two movements of thought tended to conflict with
each other, and more than the obviously mathematical sciences were
affected - the influence spread as far as chemistry and the life
sciences. As this book demonstrates, the full fruition of the
scientific revolution required a resolution of the tension between the
two dominant trends.
