The Interlopers Early Stuart Projects and the Undisciplining of Knowledge

Summary: "According to a standard, long-running account of the rise of science, the "scientific revolution" brought about by genius figures like Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton was a revolution in thought. It was the result of a disciplining of thought that opened the mind to the order and patterns in nature. Much of the scholarly pushback against this story focuses on expanding the cast of characters beyond the geniuses to include artisans, craftsmen, medical practitioners, sailors, tradesmen and other non-elites who contributed to the development of the scientific mindset. The author rejects the emphasis on cognitive orderliness and discipline that the standard account and its detractors share"--

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ISBN: 9781421445922
ISBN: 1421445921
ISBN: 9781421445939
ISBN: 142144593X
Physical Description: 1 online resource (369 p.)
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Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023.

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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Political Economy of Projects -- 2 Cast of Characters -- 3 "Projectors are commonly the best Naturalists": Knowledge Practices -- 4 Statecraft: "Swimming between two Waters" in Global Policy -- 5 Transplanters of Empire: Forcing Nature and Labor -- 6 Active Knowledge: A Turn against the Liberal Arts -- 7 Unlimited Invention -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y