Applebaum, Wilbur

An alphabetical resource on science in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, including biographical and conceptual entries with an interdisciplinary emphasis.

Explains how the pursuit of natural philosophy from 1500 to 1700 laid the foundation upon which modern science was built, describing how dramatic social and cultural changes in Western Europe and the achievements of influential philosophers and scientists led to profound changes in how the natural world was studied.