[PDF.53sl] The Invisible World: Early Modern Philosophy and the Invention of the Microscope (Studies in Intellectual History and the History of Philosophy)

The Invisible World: Early Modern Philosophy and the Invention of the Microscope (Studies in Intellectual History and the History of Philosophy)

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 | #2015275 in Books |  Princeton University Press |  1997-12-01 |  1997-12-21 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.21 x.66 x6.14l,.94 | File type: PDF | 290 pages

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||5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| "You'll never use that microscope"|By Charles E. Nydorf|Most children who want a microscope are told by adults that they'll never use it. While this isn't true there is a deep cultural prejudice against microscopy. It was even worse in the past as you can learn from Catherine Wilson's "The Invisible World". The telescope was invented at the beginning of the 16th century and imm

In the seventeenth century the microscope opened up a new world of observation, and, according to Catherine Wilson, profoundly revised the thinking of scientists and philosophers alike. The interior of nature, once closed off to both sympathetic intuition and direct perception, was now accessible with the help of optical instruments. The microscope led to a conception of science as an objective, procedure-driven mode of inquiry and renewed interest in atomism and mech...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Invisible World: Early Modern Philosophy and the Invention of the Microscope (Studies in Intellectual History and the History of Philosophy)   |  Catherine Wilson. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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