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The emergence of a scientific culture [electronic resource] : science and the shaping of modernity, 1210-1685 / Stephen Gaukroger.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford scholarship onlinePublication details: Oxford : Clarendon, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 563 p.) : illISBN:
  • 9780191711985 (ebook) :
  • 0191711985 (ebook) :
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:
  • 509.4'0902 22
LOC classification:
  • Q124.97
Online resources: Summary: 'The Emergence of a Scientific Culture' shows that science was bitterly contested during the early modern period. Rejecting the traditional picture of secularization, this work argues that science in the 17th century emerged not in opposition to religion but rather was in many respects driven by it.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

'The Emergence of a Scientific Culture' shows that science was bitterly contested during the early modern period. Rejecting the traditional picture of secularization, this work argues that science in the 17th century emerged not in opposition to religion but rather was in many respects driven by it.

Issued as part of Oxford scholarship online.