'A World of New Ideas', 1650-1820 : Welsh Scientists of the Long Eighteenth Century, Volume 1: The Isles (Scientists of Wales)

Frame, Paul

University of Wales Press（2025/02発売）

University of Wales Press（2025/02発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 440 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781837720095
• DDC分類 509.22429

Full Description

In the long eighteenth century, between 1650 and 1820, Wales and the rest of Europe moved from a world of alchemy to one of steam engines and electricity. The scientists of Wales contributed to that changing world of new ideas, but their contribution often overlooked in many histories of the period. This book is a corrective that details the work of scientists from Wales in the four home nations of the isles, covering the intellectual changes of the period and their impact on religion; how scientists were educated in Wales; and, in a lengthy final section, some of the practical science undertaken and the social benefits that resulted.

Contents

Series Editors' Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Prologue Wales in the History of Science
Part I Foundations
1 A Welsh Renaissance: Science to 1650
2 The Scholastic and the Alchemist: Thomas Vaughan
3 Making New Worlds
4 New Worlds and the Challenge to Religion
5 Wales and the Newtonian World
Part II Gaining a Knowledge of Science
6 Learning about Science
7 The Languages of Science
8 Spreading the Word
Part III Practical Science
9 The Science of the Earth
10 The Science of Nature
11 Looking Up
12 The Science of Us: Health and Social Well-being
13 The Science of Us: Nature and Economics
14 Science and Technology: Artisan Science
15 Science and Technology: Innovators and Inventors
16 Encyclopaedic Knowledge
Select Bibliography
Scientists of Wales Name Index
General Index