The Construction of Modern Science : Mechanisms and Mechanics

Richard S Westfall; George Basalla; Owen Hannaway
Cambridge University Press
 9780521292955
0-521-29295-6

First published by Wiley in 1971. This is an introduction to the history of science in the seventeenth century. Instead of simply listing discoveries, the author presents a new pattern of organization for students that is designed to integrate separate facts into a coherent and comprehensive whole.