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※There was no such thing as the Scientific Revolution, and this is a book about it.§ With this provocative and apparently paradoxical claim, Steven Shapin begins his bold, vibrant exploration of the origins of the modern scientific worldview, now updated with a new bibliographic essay featuring the latest scholarship.
※An excellent book.§〞Anthony Gottlieb,
※Timely and highly readable. . . . A book which every scientist curious about our predecessors should read.§〞Trevor Pinch,
※Shapin’s account is informed, nuanced, and articulated with clarity. . . . This is not to attack or devalue science but to reveal its richness as the human endeavor that it most surely is. . . . Shapin’s book is an impressive achievement.§〞David C. Lindberg,
※It’s hard to believe that there could be a more accessible, informed or concise account. . . .
should be a set text in all the disciplines. And in all the indisciplines, too.§〞Adam Phillips,
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