Science in Europe, 1500-1800: A Secondary 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 Eighteenth-Century EuropeThe Chemical RevolutionConclusions.

'With a knowledgeable instructor, these readers could support and 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, 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