Chemistry in the Scientific Revolution

“科学革命”有很多含义，最常见的是 用一种理论推翻另一种理论 “革命” 关于大陆漂移和板块构造的理论， 这是一场革命的最新例子。 然而，更为罕见的是， 是那些全球性的科学革命， 改变我们对周围世界的看法。 虽然可能有更多， 四个很容易想到：16世纪的科学革命 17世纪达尔文革命爱因斯坦 革命和革命从量子理论。 这些 革命不仅代表着理论或一套理论的改变， 理论，但我们对自己和我们的观点的根本转变， 在宇宙中的位置。 对这些全球革命的研究 因此，对于理解这两个问题仍然至关重要。 科学和人性本身。 戴维斯博士正在检查一位中心人物的论文 在第一次科学革命中，罗伯特波义耳。 波义耳第二 只有牛顿，为建立一个 机械哲学。 作为一名实验科学家， 波义耳是一位咄咄逼人的辩论家，他试图证明 哲学，神学和科学的缺陷， 亚里士多德、文艺复兴和笛卡尔的自然体系。 是 在很大程度上，由于波义耳对原子论的辩护， 他的追随者也拒绝了其他的体系。 尽管他 重要性，波义耳的未发表的论文从来没有被分析 作为一个整体，他们揭示了他的发展， 想的 与大学的Michael Hunter博士合作 在伦敦，戴维斯博士将对他进行分析研究。 关系的波义耳的未出版和出版的著作。 的 长期目标是完成一项工作，这将摆脱全新的 我们对一个人的理解，他的工作可以被看作是一个 科学革命的缩影

"Scientific revolution" has many meanings, the most common being the overthrow of one theory for another. The "revolution" concerning the theory of continental drift and plate tectonics is a recent example of such a revolution. Much rarer, however, has been those kinds of global scientific revolutions which radically alter our view of the world around us. While there may be more, four readily come to mind: the Scientific Revolution of the 16th and 17th Centuries, the Darwinian Revolution, the Einsteinian Revolution and the Revolution ensuing from Quantum Theory. These revolutions represent not just a change in theories or sets of theories, but a radical shift of our views of ourselves and our place in the Universe. Studies of these global revolutions consequently remain centrally important for understanding both science and human nature itself. Dr. Davis is examining the papers of one of the central figures in the first scientific revolution, Robert Boyle. Boyle, second only to Newton, made lasting contributions to the establishment of the mechanical philosophy. As an experimental scientist and aggressive polemicist, Boyle sought to demonstrate the philosophical, theological, and scientific deficiencies of the Aristotelian, Renaissance and Cartesian systems of nature. It is in no small part owing to Boyle's defense of atomism that Newton and his followers also rejected these other systems. Despite his importance, Boyle's unpublished papers have never been analyzed as a whole for what they reveal about the development of his thought. Collaborating with Dr. Michael Hunter of the University of London, Dr. Davis will undertake an analytical study of he relationship of Boyle's unpublished and published writings. The long term goal is to complete a work which will shed entirely new light on our understanding of a man whose work can be seen as a microcosm of the scientific revolution.