Deming David. Science and Technology in World History. Volume 3. The Black Death, The Renaissance, The Reformation and The Scientific Revolution

McFarland, 2012. — 329 p. — ISBN 9780786490868, 0786490861.This installment in a series on science and technology in world history begins in the fourteenth century, explaining the origin and nature of scientific methodology and the relation of science to religion, philosophy, military history, economics and technology. Specific topics covered include the Black Death, the Little Ice Age, the invention of the printing press, Martin Luther and the Reformation, the birth of modern medicine, the Copernican Revolution, Galileo, Kepler, Isaac Newton, and the Scientific Revolution.Preface.
Famine and Pestilence.
The Little Ice Age (c. 1300-1860).
The Black Death (1348-1350).
The Witch Mania (c. 1450-1700).
Magic, Sorcery and Witchcraft.
The Printing Press (1450).
Science, Repeatability and the Printing Press.
A Short History of Censorship.
Ancient World.
The Renaissance (c. 1350-1650).
Humanism and the Revival of Learning.
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519).
The Reformation.
The Corruption of the Roman Catholic Church (c. 1000-1500).
Martin Luther (1483-1546).
Birth of Modern Medicine.
European Medicine in the Middle Ages (c. 600-1500).
Paracelsus (1493-1541).
The Reform of Anatomy and Physiology.
Educational Reform and Peter Ramus (1515-1572).
Scholastic Pedantry.
The Copernican Revolution.
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543).
Tycho Brahe (1546-1601).
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630).
The Scientific Revolution (c. 1543-1687).
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642).
Francis Bacon (1561-1626).
Experimental Philosophy in Seventeenth Century Europe.
Isaac Newton (1642-1727).
Conclusion.
Chapter Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.