HPS211H1 Lecture : lecture notes
9 Feb 2011
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Claims there have been lots of revolutions in the history of science. Scientific revolution, many historians are skeptical as to evaluate that time as what was going on. There is no way to divide easily the non and real scientific. Revolution----- fast and bounded, time span needs to be quick and dated at a point, get this from the image of political revolutions. Intellectual authority in the 16th and 17th centuries. Natural philosophy came second and then math almost completely divorced and was third, astronomy was a marriage of the two came fourth. Physics was very qualitative not a quantitative and mathematics was explicitly not a tool. Created a heliocentric astronomical way (tractable easy for calculating) Did not pump this idea to be public. Advocated the use of mathematics to describe nature. Produced many telescope and gave them as gifts to princes and kings.
