The mechanization of the world picture / by E.J. Dijksterhuis. Translated by C. Dikshoorn.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Dutch Series: Galaxy book ; GB298.Publisher: London : Oxford University Press, [1969, ©1961]Description: vi, 537 pages : 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- Mechanisering van het wereldbeeld. English
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books | Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room | Q125 .D512 1969 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31560000067617 |
"Translation of the Dutch work De mechanisering van het wereldbeeld, which appeared in Amsterdam in 1950."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 515-526).
In English, translated from the Dutch.
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A sweeping history of Science (and to some extent technology) tracking the growth of a mechanistic world view, including the growth of the idea of celestial mechanics, from antiquity to the 17th century
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