The Call for a New Science
and...
The New Science
Class Outline on Bacon and
Newton
Francis Bacon
Sir
Francis Bacon: biography and links to online texts
Voice
of the Shuttle: English Literature Some links
to Bacon sites, including discussions of whether Bacon
authored works attributed to Shakespeare.
Descartes
Class Outline
Descartes
site focuses on Descartes's mathematical
contributions
References
for Descartes a bibliography
Rene
Descartes and the Legacy of Mind/Body Dualism
Mind
and Machines: Behaviorism,Dualism,and Beyond by
James H. Fetzer. A discussion of Caretesian dualism
and Skinner's behaviorism.
Philosopher
All Stars: Descartes
Biography
of Descartes
Mind
and Body: Descartes to William James
Discourse
on Method
Meditations
Galileo
Galileo:
Biography
Newton
Newtonia
at The Newton Institute very nice set of
references, from biography to maps of locations
associated with Newton.
Newton:
Biography from Men of Mathematics
The
Life,Times and Achievements of Sir Isacc Newton
from The World's 100 Greatest people audiocassette
collection. You can read and listen to this
text.
Newton
and Microgravity
Newton:
Hyperlinked Biography fromEric's Treasure Trove of
Scientific Biographies.
General Resources
Anthony
van Leeuwenhoek
Museum of the
History of Science: Oxford
Images, online exhibits and loads of other
information
Jesuits
and the Sciences
The Royal
Society
Eric's
Treasure Trove of Scientific Biography
General
Astronomy Information fromThe Royal Greenwich
Observatory
WWW
History of Science and Medicine
Royal
Greenwich Observatory
History
and Philosophy of Western Astronomy
History
of Science and Ideas
Contains a number of interesting links to
explore
Gottfried
Leibniz
Nasa: The Galileo
Project
Explore a revolutionary development in modern
science. Follow the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
