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David Wootton is the Anniversary Professor of History at the University of York. His previous books include Paolo Sarpi, Bad Medicine, and Galileo. He writes reviews for the Wall Street Journal.
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Il principe (1513) — Traduttore, alcune edizioni23,609 copie
La nascita del libro (1958) — A cura di, alcune edizioni647 copie
Selected Political Writings (1994) — Traduttore, alcune edizioni; A cura di, alcune edizioni216 copie
Candide, and Related Writings (1928) — Traduttore — 143 copie
Democracy: The Unfinished Journey, 508 BC to AD 1993 (1992) — Collaboratore — 48 copie
Atheism from the Reformation to the Enlightenment (1992) — A cura di — 15 copie
Causation and modern philosophy (2010) — Collaboratore — 1 copia

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Informazioni generali

Data di nascita
1952-01-15
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
UK
Attività lavorative
professor
historian
Organizzazioni
University of York
Agente
Peter Robinson
Michael Carlisle

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It took some real work and time to read this book, but it was so rewarding. History, science, philosophy, history of science, philosophy of science -- I learned so much about all of this. Wonderful work about the vocabulary of science, tracing the usage of words such as discovery, invention, evidence, proof, and many others including of course the word 'science" itself. Makes me proud to be a member of the same species as the author and the subjects of the book.
 
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steve02476 | 9 altre recensioni | Jan 3, 2023 |
Excellently well-written, just like Wootton's "The Invention of Science" but with not quite so many astonishing quotations. Also relevant to todays questions about doctors in the era of COVID and the vivisectionist practices still carried out in the name of medicine or science and for no greater gain than in former times.

The quotation about Alexander Fleming is topical: "Fleming thus made a very good living out of selling what were, in effect, sophisticated quack remedies." These quack remedies were "vaccines" that did not work. He showed no interest in penicillin as a therapeutic, leaving that to his students (whose work he ignored) and others.… (altro)
 
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themulhern | 3 altre recensioni | Jun 25, 2022 |
Antes de 1492 acreditava-se que todo o conhecimento relevante já se encontrava disponível, não havia um conceito de progresso e as pessoas procuravam compreender o passado e não o futuro. David Wootton argumenta que a descoberta da América demonstrou que era possível o novo conhecimento. Aliás, introduziu mesmo o conceito de «descoberta» e abriu o caminho à invenção da ciência. A nova cultura teve os seus mártires (Giordano Bruno e Galileu Galilei), os seus heróis (Johannes Kepler e Robert Boyle) e os seus artesãos pacientes (William Gilbert e Robert Hooke). Conduziu a um novo racionalismo, extinguindo a alquimia, a astrologia e a crença na feitiçaria. Levou à invenção da máquina a vapor e à primeira Revolução Industrial.
A obra fundamental e de referência de David Wootton altera a nossa compreensão de como se deu esta grande transformação e do que é a ciência.
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LuisFragaSilva | 9 altre recensioni | Nov 9, 2020 |

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11
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Utenti
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Voto
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ISBN
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Lingue
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