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The Onset of the Scientific Revolution

Three Near-Simultaneous Transformations

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The Science of Nature in the Seventeenth Century

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Cohen, H.F. (2005). The Onset of the Scientific Revolution. In: Anstey, P.R., Schuster, J.A. (eds) The Science of Nature in the Seventeenth Century. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3703-1_2

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