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Revolution in science
I. Bernard Cohen
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Frontmatter
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Preface (page xi)
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I Science and Revolution
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1 Introduction (page 3)
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2 The Stages of Revolutions in Science (page 26)
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3 Evidence for the Occuurence of Revolutions in Science (page 40)
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II Historical Perspective on 'Revolution' and 'Revolution in Science'
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4 Transformations in the Concept of Revolution (page 51)
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5 The Scientific Revolution: The First Recognition of Revolution in Science (page 77)
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6 A Second Scientific Revolution and Others? (page 91)
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III Scientific Revolutionaries of the Seventeenth Century
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7 The Copernican Revolution (page 105)
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8 Kepler, Gilbert, and Galileo: A Revolution in the Physical Sciences? (page 126)
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9 Bacon and Descartes (page 146)
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10 The Newtonian Revolution (page 161)
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11 Vesalius, Paracelsus, and Harvey: A Revolution in the Life Sciences? (page 176)
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IV Changing Concepts of Revolution in the Eighteenth Century
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12 Transformations during the Enlightenment (page 197)
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13 Eighteenth-Century Conceptions of Scientific Revolution (page 213)
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14 Lavoisier and the Chemical Revolution (page 229)
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15 Kant's Alleged Copernican Revolution (page 237)
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16 The Changing Language of Revolution in Germany (page 254)
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17 The Industrial Revolution (page 262)
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V Scientific Progress in the Nineteenth Century
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18 By Revolution or Evolution? (page 273)
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19 The Darwinian Revolution (page 283)
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20 Faraday, Maxwell, and Hertz (page 301)
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21 Some Other Scientific Developments (page 313)
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22 Three French Views: Saint-Simon, Comte, and Cournot (page 328)
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23 The Influence of Marx and Engels (page 342)
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24 The Freudian Revolution (page 352)
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VI The Twentieth Century, Age of Revolutions
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25 The Scientists Speak (page 369)
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26 The Historians Speak (page 389)
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27 Relativity and Quantum Theory (page 405)
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28 Einstein on Revolution in Science (page 435)
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29 Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics: A Revolution in Earth Science (page 446)
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30 Conclusion: Conversion as a Feature of Scientific Revolutions (page 467)
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Supplements (page 473)
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A Note on Citations and References (page 571)
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Notes (page 573)
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References (page 623)
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Index (page 679)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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EHR | 37.1 (Feb. 1984): 156 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0013-0117%28198402%292%3A37%3A1%3C156%3ATRIS1%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Y |
Isis | 75.3 (Sep. 1984): 563 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-1753%28198409%2975%3A3%3C563%3ATRIS1%3E2.0.CO%3B2-6 |
Isis | 77.1 (Mar. 1986): 109-110 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-1753%28198603%2977%3A1%3C109%3ARIS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Q |
AHR | 92.4 (Oct. 1987): 926-927 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28198710%2992%3A4%3C926%3ARIS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-C |
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Published: 1985
Publisher: Harvard University Press
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