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The Very Idea of Modern Science: Francis Bacon and Robert Boyle - Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Joseph Agassi
This book is a study of the scientific revolution as a movement of amateur science. It also shows what was missing in the scientific organization of science and why it gave way to professional science in stages.
300 pages, biography
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | December 14, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9789400753501 |
| Publishers | Springer |
| Pages | 318 |
| Dimensions | 162 × 242 × 24 mm · 670 g |
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