Science in Europe, 1500-1800: A Primary Sources Reader

MALCOLM OSTER is a Staff Tutor and Lecturer in History of Science at the Open University.

• IntroductionEurope's AwakeningCopernicus and his RevolutionThe Spread of Copernicanism in Northern EuropeCrisis in ItalyIberian ScienceScience from the Earth in Central EuropeFrench Science in the Seventeenth CenturyScience in Seventeenth-Century EnglandScientific Academies across EuropeThe Reception of Newtonianism across EuropeScience in the Scottish EnlightenmentScience on the Fringe of Europe: Eighteenth-Century SwedenScience in Orthodox EuropeEstablishing Science in Eigtheenth-Century EuropeThe Chemical RevolutionConclusions.

'Essential documents.' - Jon Turney, New Scientist 'With a knowledgeable instructor, these readers could support an undergraduate course.' - J. McClellan III, Choice '...offer both student and teacher an accessible path into the world of early modern science and the recent attempts to capture its diversity, and significance.' - John Gasgoigne, The Journal of Religious History '...those who wish to teach themselves, or others, about the Scientific Revolution would be well advised to use these books as their starting point.' - Dr John Henry, British Journal for the History of Science