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The Scientific Revolution: A Short History
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Introduction
Lecture 1: The Scientific Revolution: The Big Picture (Preview Content)3 Topics|1 Quiz -
Lecture 2.1: Why History Matters: The Conflict Thesis3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 2.2: Why History Matters: The Influence of the Conflict Thesis3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 2.3: Why History Matters: Why Historians Reject the Conflict Thesis3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Ancient Greek ScienceLecture 3.1: Science in Antiquity: Greek Natural Philosophy (Preview Content)3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 3:2: Science in Antiquity: Understanding the Earth3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 3:3: Science in Antiquity: The Heavenly Realm3 Topics|1 Quiz
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The Scientific RevolutionLecture 4.1: The New World Picture: The New World Picture of Copernicus3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 4.2: The New World Picture: The New World Picture Accepted3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 5: Galileo and the Garden of Eden3 Topics
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Lecture 6.1: The New World View: Of Animals and Machines3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 6.2: The New World View: Of Clockworks and God3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 7.1: New Sources of Knowledge and New Attitudes about Acquiring It: New Sources of Knowledge3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 7.2: New Sources of Knowledge and New Attitudes about Acquiring It: New Views of How to Obtain Knowledge3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 8.1: New Views of Knowledge: Progress3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 8.2: New Views of Knowledge: Utility and Praise3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 9.1: New Interactions between Christianity and Science: Part One3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 9.2: New Interactions between Christianity and Science: Part Two3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 10: Why Christianity is Good for Science2 Topics|1 Quiz
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End of Course TestEnd of Course Test: The Scientific Revolution (Short Course)1 Quiz
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- Humanism and the Voyages of Discovery in 16th Century Portuguese Science and Letters (1979) by Reijer Hooykaas (not easily obtained)
- The History of the Barometer by W.E. Knowles Middleton
- Instruments of Science (An Historical Encylclopedia)
- The Invention of the Telescope by Albert Van Helden
- Leviathan and the Air-Pump by Steven Shapin and Simon Schaffer