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1939484Isaac Beeckman on Matter and Motionhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/isaac-beeckman-on-matter-and-motion-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1099101/be300cd1-eb86-483a-ab74-ce375af6ae55.jpg?v=638337372404100000757923MXNJohns Hopkins University PressInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>Explore the work of a founding father of the mechanical philosophy of nature, Isaac Beeckman (15881637).</strong></p><p>The contribution of the Dutch craftsman and scholar Isaac Beeckman to early modern scientific thought has never been properly acknowledged. Surprisingly free from the constraints of traditional natural philosophy, he developed a view of the world in which everything, from the motion of the heavens to musical harmonies, is explained by reducing it to matter in motion. His ideas deeply influenced Descartes and Gassendi. Klaas van Berkel has succeeded in unearthing and explicating Beeckmans scientific notebooks, allowing us to follow how he developed his new philosophy, almost day by day.</p><p>Beeckman was almost forgotten until the discovery of his notebooks in the early twentieth century. <em>Isaac Beeckman on Matter and Motion</em> is the first full-length study of the ideas and motives of this remarkable figure. Van Berkels important study first relates Beeckmans life, placing him in the religious, intellectual, educational, and social context of the Dutch Republic in its golden age. Van Berkel then analyzes the notebooks themselves and the nature and development of Beeckmans "mechanical philosophy." He demonstrates how Beeckmans artisanal background and religious convictions shaped his natural philosophy, even as the decisive influence stems from the educational philosophy of the sixteenth-century French philosopher Peter Ramus.</p><p>Historians of science and the philosophy of science will find the substance of Beeckmans thought and the unraveling of its growth and development highly interesting. Van Berkels account provides a new and comprehensive interpretation of the origins of the mechanical philosophy of nature, the philosophy that culminated in the work of Isaac Newton.</p>...1905312Isaac Beeckman on Matter and Motion757923https://www.gandhi.com.mx/isaac-beeckman-on-matter-and-motion-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1099101/be300cd1-eb86-483a-ab74-ce375af6ae55.jpg?v=638337372404100000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20139781421409610_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9781421409610_<p><strong>Explore the work of a founding father of the mechanical philosophy of nature, Isaac Beeckman (15881637).</strong></p><p>The contribution of the Dutch craftsman and scholar Isaac Beeckman to early modern scientific thought has never been properly acknowledged. Surprisingly free from the constraints of traditional natural philosophy, he developed a view of the world in which everything, from the motion of the heavens to musical harmonies, is explained by reducing it to matter in motion. His ideas deeply influenced Descartes and Gassendi. Klaas van Berkel has succeeded in unearthing and explicating Beeckmans scientific notebooks, allowing us to follow how he developed his new philosophy, almost day by day.</p><p>Beeckman was almost forgotten until the discovery of his notebooks in the early twentieth century. <em>Isaac Beeckman on Matter and Motion</em> is the first full-length study of the ideas and motives of this remarkable figure. Van Berkels important study first relates Beeckmans life, placing him in the religious, intellectual, educational, and social context of the Dutch Republic in its golden age. Van Berkel then analyzes the notebooks themselves and the nature and development of Beeckmans mechanical philosophy. He demonstrates how Beeckmans artisanal background and religious convictions shaped his natural philosophy, even as the decisive influence stems from the educational philosophy of the sixteenth-century French philosopher Peter Ramus.</p><p>Historians of science and the philosophy of science will find the substance of Beeckmans thought and the unraveling of its growth and development highly interesting. Van Berkels account provides a new and comprehensive interpretation of the origins of the mechanical philosophy of nature, the philosophy that culminated in the work of Isaac Newton.</p>...(*_*)9781421409610_<p><strong>Explore the work of a founding father of the mechanical philosophy of nature, Isaac Beeckman (15881637).</strong></p><p>The contribution of the Dutch craftsman and scholar Isaac Beeckman to early modern scientific thought has never been properly acknowledged. Surprisingly free from the constraints of traditional natural philosophy, he developed a view of the world in which everything, from the motion of the heavens to musical harmonies, is explained by reducing it to matter in motion. His ideas deeply influenced Descartes and Gassendi. Klaas van Berkel has succeeded in unearthing and explicating Beeckmans scientific notebooks, allowing us to follow how he developed his new philosophy, almost day by day.</p><p>Beeckman was almost forgotten until the discovery of his notebooks in the early twentieth century. <em>Isaac Beeckman on Matter and Motion</em> is the first full-length study of the ideas and motives of this remarkable figure. Van Berkels important study first relates Beeckmans life, placing him in the religious, intellectual, educational, and social context of the Dutch Republic in its golden age. Van Berkel then analyzes the notebooks themselves and the nature and development of Beeckmans "mechanical philosophy." He demonstrates how Beeckmans artisanal background and religious convictions shaped his natural philosophy, even as the decisive influence stems from the educational philosophy of the sixteenth-century French philosopher Peter Ramus.</p><p>Historians of science and the philosophy of science will find the substance of Beeckmans thought and the unraveling of its growth and development highly interesting. Van Berkels account provides a new and comprehensive interpretation of the origins of the mechanical philosophy of nature, the philosophy that culminated in the work of Isaac Newton.</p>...9781421409610_Johns Hopkins University Presslibro_electonico_bf1b8d42-707a-3d19-a3ae-c023cf65c778_9781421409610;9781421409610_9781421409610Klaas vanInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/johnshopkins_short-epub-0257dbf0-905b-4277-a516-64d135da14ca.epub2013-08-14T00:00:00+00:00Johns Hopkins University Press