A History of Magic and Experimental Science
A History of Magic and Experimental Science
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魔法与实验科学史
作者：
A. Wolf
16世纪通常被认为是现代科学诞生的标志。这主要归功于少数人的成就，其中最著名的是哥白尼、维萨里乌斯、吉尔伯特、第谷·布拉赫、格斯纳、利巴维乌斯、布鲁诺、弗拉卡斯托罗和波尔塔。在那些因对自然现象的见解而在同时代人中享有某种声誉的作家中，这些人所占的比例非常小。桑代克教授与大约1200位这样的作家打交道。其中绝大多数即使有，也几乎没有科学意义。
THE sixteenth century is commonly regarded as marking the birth of modern science. It owes this distinction mainly to the achievements of a small number of men, of whom Copernicus, Vesalius, Gilbert, Tycho Brahe, Gesner, Libavius, Bruno, Fracastoro and Porta are the most famous. These constituted a very small percentage of the authors who enjoyed some sort of reputation among their contemporaries for their views on natural phenomena. Prof. Thorndike deals with about 1,200 such writers. The vast majority of them were of little, if any, scientific importance.