Jesuit Science and the Republic of Letters (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology)
by Feingold, Mordechai
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- 9780262062343
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The MIT Press, 2002 8vo (23.5 cm), XI, 483 pp. Publisher's cloth. "Founded in 1540, the Society of Jesus was viewed for centuries as an impediment to the development of modern science. The Jesuit educational system was deemed conservative and antithetical to creative thought, while the Order and its members were blamed by Galileo, Descartes, and their disciples for virtually every proceeding against the new science. No wonder a consensus emerged that little reason existed for historians to take Jesuit science seriously. Only during the past two decades have scholars begun to question this received view of the Jesuit role in the Scientific Revolution, and this book contributes significantly to that reassessment. Focusing on the institutional setting of Jesuit science, the contributors take a new and broader look at the overall intellectual environment of the Collegio Romano and other Jesuit colleges to see how Jesuit scholars taught and worked, to examine the context of the Jesuit response to the new philosophies, and to chart the Jesuits' scientific contributions. Their conclusions indicate that Jesuit practitioners were indeed instrumental in elevating the status of mathematics and in stressing the importance of experimental science; yet, at the same time, the Jesuits were members of a religious order with a clearly defined apostolic mission. Understanding both the contributions of Jesuit practitioners and the constraints under which they worked helps us to gain a clearer and more complete perspective on the emergence of the scientific worldview." (from the publisher's description)
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- Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko (PL)
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- Title
- Jesuit Science and the Republic of Letters (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology)
- Author
- Feingold, Mordechai
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
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- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0262062348
- ISBN 13
- 9780262062343
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- The MIT Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 2002
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