01058nam a2200181Ia 4500003000500000005001700005008004100022040001300063041000800076050001300084100002500097245006600122250001100188260003300199300002900232520058500261650003000846971820241213173443.0201109s9999||||xx |||||||||||||| ||und||  cCIC-UMAD  aeng  aQ125bB8  aButterfield, Herbert14aThe origin of modern science 1300-1800 /cHerbert Butterfield  a1a ed.  aEUA :bThe free press,c1957  a255 p. :c13.6 x 20.8 cm  aWith engaging wisdom and literary skill, Professor Butterfield illuminates de dynamic growth of science, beginning with the impetus theory of the late Middle Ages. He shows how bold, original thinkers like Galileo, Bacon and Copernicus ventured outside the structures of Aristotelian physics to overcome scholastic restraints. He also traces the impact of Newton, Harvey, oyle, and others upon the thinking of their times and their effects on other modes of thought. This brilliant examination brings the reader to the eighteenth century-and the very threshold of modern science.   aCienciaxHistoria moderna