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- Brill
- Copyright
- Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
- ISSN
- 1383-7427
- eISSN
- 1573-3823
- DOI
- 10.1163/157338209X433615
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Abstract
582 Book Reviews / Early Science and Medicine 14 (2009) 555-598 Vincent Jullien, Philosophie naturelle et géométrie au XVII e siècle (Sciences, techniques et civilisations du Moyen Âge à l’aube des Lumières) (Paris: Honoré Champion, 2006), pp. 480, €83 (hardcover), ISBN 2 7453 1363 0. Although it is a collection of articles, this book obtains its unity thanks to its general introduction and conclusive chapter, its vast bibliography covering notably numerous titles of French secondary literature, and its index. e author also displays great coherence in dedicating most of his ‘chapter-articles’ to Descartes or Roberval. irdly, Jullien’s book is structured into two unified parts. e first focuses on natural phi- losophy; and while it discusses important problems like the vacuum, the trajectory of light or theories of the cosmos and of scientific knowledge, the epistemic features involved in ‘scientific discovery’ are the cement that holds this first part together. In the second part, which concentrates on geometry, the author shows the relation between theories of knowledge and the development of novel mathematical tools. e reception of Euclid’s Elements , Descartes’s mathematics, and Roberval’s indivisibles are the three main topics discussed here. In the first three chapters, the relation
Journal
Early Science and Medicine – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2009