Literary Criticism (1400-1800)

Renaissance Scientific Movement | Further Reading

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Boas, Marie. "The Organisation and Reorganisation of Science." In her The Scientific Renaissance: 1450–1630, pp. 238–64. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1962.

Discusses the evolution of modern scientific thought from Aristotelian and university-dominated to independent and empirical.

Foster, M. B. "The Christian Doctrine of Creation and the Rise of Modern Natural Science." Mind XLIII, No. 172 (October 1934): 446–468.

Examines the indebtedness of scientific thought to Christian principles.

Hall, Rupert. "The Scholar and the Craftsman in the Scientific Revolution." In Critical Problems in the History of Science, edited by Marshall Clagett, pp. 3–23. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1959.

Evaluates the role of the tradesman class in the development of science.

Hine, William L. "Marin Mersenne:...

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