Scientific Revolution and the Foundations of Modern Science

Wilbur Applebaum is Professor Emeritus, Department of Humanities, Illinois Institute of Technology, where he taught history of science for many years. He has published on various aspects of the Scientific Revolution and on astronomy in the 17th century. He is the editor of the Encyclopedia of the Scientific Revolution (2000).

• Dedication Series Foreword Introduction Chronology Historical Overview Astronomy and the Cosmos Matter, Motion, and the Cosmos The Nature of Living Things New Methods for the Advancement of Knowledge Religion and Natural Philosophy Influence of the Scientific Revolution Biographies Primary Documents Glossary Annotated Bibliography

"Applebaum offers beginning university students the perfect introduction to the age of the scientific revolution from 1500 to 1800. Many scientific ideas and much medical information improved dramatically during those times as investigators began a relentless drive, which continues today, toward a better understanding of the natural world....One learns about the ideas of Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Bacon, Descartes, Harvey, Newton, and many others. Annotated primary documents provide the flavor of the old writing styles and concepts. The numerous diagrams, individual portraits, glossary, annotated bibliography, and the index complete this overview for the young researcher. Highly recommended. General readers; lower-division undergraduates; two-year technical program students." - Choice