Science, Religion and Society, 1500-1700 From Paracelsus to Newton

Contents: Introduction; GENERAL: Science and religion in the 17th century; Alchemy and natural magic in Raleigh's History of the World; PARACELSUS AND VAN HELMONT: Sart and science: the Paracelsian vision; Paracelsus and Protestant millenarianism in 16th-17th century England; Paracelsus and the Puritan Revolution; The Helmontian-Galenist controversy in Restoration England; NEWTON: Newton and the 'Pipes of Pan'; Newton's alchemical studies; Voltaire and the Enlightenment image of Newton; HISTORIOGRAPHY AND 'PHILOSOPHY oF SCIENCE': The intellectual origins of the Royal Society; Recovering the Paracelsian milieu; Reform as renovatio in 16th-century sciences and medicine; Early-modern art, 'practical' mathematics and matter theory; The social interpretation of science in the 17th century; Puritanism and science: The 'Merton thesis' after fifty years; Hayek, Popper and scientism; History and philosophy of science and multicultural science teaching; Index.Rattansi, P. M. is the author of 'Science, Religion and Society, 1500-1700 From Paracelsus to Newton' with ISBN 9780860789024 and ISBN 0860789020.