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About the Author

David Wootton is the Anniversary Professor of History at the University of York. His previous books include Paolo Sarpi, Bad Medicine, and Galileo. He writes reviews for the Wall Street Journal.
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Obras de David Wootton

Associated Works

The Prince (1513) — Tradutor, algumas edições23,651 cópias
The Coming of the Book: The Impact of Printing 1450-1800 (Verso Classics, 10) (1958) — Editor, algumas edições649 cópias
Selected Political Writings (1994) — Tradutor, algumas edições; Editor, algumas edições216 cópias
Candide, and Related Writings (1928) — Tradutor — 143 cópias
Democracy: The Unfinished Journey, 508 BC to AD 1993 (1992) — Contribuinte — 48 cópias
Atheism from the Reformation to the Enlightenment (1992) — Editor — 16 cópias
Causation and modern philosophy (2010) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1952-01-15
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
UK
Ocupação
professor
historian
Organizações
University of York
Agente
Peter Robinson
Michael Carlisle

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Resenhas

It took some real work and time to read this book, but it was so rewarding. History, science, philosophy, history of science, philosophy of science -- I learned so much about all of this. Wonderful work about the vocabulary of science, tracing the usage of words such as discovery, invention, evidence, proof, and many others including of course the word 'science" itself. Makes me proud to be a member of the same species as the author and the subjects of the book.
 
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steve02476 | outras 9 resenhas | Jan 3, 2023 |
Excellently well-written, just like Wootton's "The Invention of Science" but with not quite so many astonishing quotations. Also relevant to todays questions about doctors in the era of COVID and the vivisectionist practices still carried out in the name of medicine or science and for no greater gain than in former times.

The quotation about Alexander Fleming is topical: "Fleming thus made a very good living out of selling what were, in effect, sophisticated quack remedies." These quack remedies were "vaccines" that did not work. He showed no interest in penicillin as a therapeutic, leaving that to his students (whose work he ignored) and others.… (mais)
 
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themulhern | outras 3 resenhas | Jun 25, 2022 |
Antes de 1492 acreditava-se que todo o conhecimento relevante já se encontrava disponível, não havia um conceito de progresso e as pessoas procuravam compreender o passado e não o futuro. David Wootton argumenta que a descoberta da América demonstrou que era possível o novo conhecimento. Aliás, introduziu mesmo o conceito de «descoberta» e abriu o caminho à invenção da ciência. A nova cultura teve os seus mártires (Giordano Bruno e Galileu Galilei), os seus heróis (Johannes Kepler e Robert Boyle) e os seus artesãos pacientes (William Gilbert e Robert Hooke). Conduziu a um novo racionalismo, extinguindo a alquimia, a astrologia e a crença na feitiçaria. Levou à invenção da máquina a vapor e à primeira Revolução Industrial.
A obra fundamental e de referência de David Wootton altera a nossa compreensão de como se deu esta grande transformação e do que é a ciência.
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LuisFragaSilva | outras 9 resenhas | Nov 9, 2020 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
11
Also by
7
Membros
1,055
Popularidade
#24,420
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Resenhas
18
ISBNs
88
Idiomas
5
Favorito
2

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