The World as We Know It From Natural Philosophy to Modern Science

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English | 2025 | ISBN: 0691235848 | 385 Pages | PDF (True) | 9 MB
Science is the basis of our assumptions about ourselves and our world, from ideas about our evolutionary past to our conceptions of the vast expanses of space and the smallest particles of matter. In this panoramic book, acclaimed historian of science Peter Dear uncovers the roots of such beliefs, revealing how they constitute a natural philosophy that has been developed and refined over the course of centuries-and how the world as we have come to know it was by no means inevitable.