The Scientific Revolution

From: Journal of American Culture | Date: July 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

The Scientific Revolution. Steven Shapin. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1996. ISBN 0-22675020-5. $19.95 cloth.

Steven Shapin's The Scientific Revolution is an attempt at understanding the massive changes which have shaped the modern world and how we have come to view it. He is a sociologically-minded historian and a historically-minded sociologist. He takes as a given that the structure of knowledge of science is both historically situated and a process which is socially driven. His methodology involves taking ideas, of 17th century European philosophers (who entertained an ...

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