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1、THECAMBRIDGEHISTORYOFSCIENCEvolume3EarlyModernScienceVolume3offersabroadanddetailedaccountofhowthestudyofnaturewastransformedinEuropebetweenca.1500andca.1700.Chaptersonhownaturewasstudied,where,andbywhomcoverdisciplinesfromastronomyandastrologytomagic
2、andnaturalhistory,sitesofknowledgefromthelab-oratoryandthebattlefieldtothelibraryandthemarketplace,andtypesofknowers,fromuniversityprofessorsandapothecariestophysiciansandinstrumentmakers.Separatesectionson“TheNewNature”and“CulturalMeaningsofNaturalKno
3、wledge”addresstheimpactofthenewnaturalknowledgeonconceptionsofnature,experience,explanation,andevidenceandonreligion,art,literature,gender,andEuropeanself-definition,respec-tively.Contributionsarewritteninclear,accessibleprose,withextensivebibliographi
4、calnotes,bynotedspecialists.Thevolumeofferstoscholarsandgeneralreadersasynopticoverviewoftheresearchonearlymodernsciencethathaschallengedthetraditionalviewofthe“ScientificRevolution”whileemphasizingprofoundbutdiversechangesinnaturalknowledgeduringthisk
5、eyepochinEuropeanhistory.KatharineParkisSamuelZemurray,Jr.,andDorisZemurrayStoneRadcliffeProfessoroftheHistoryofScienceandoftheStudiesofWomen,Gender,andSexualityatHarvardUniversity.InadditiontoWondersandtheOrderofNature(1998),sheistheauthorofDoctorsan
6、dMedicineinEarlyRenaissanceFlorence(1985)andTheSecretsofWomen:Gender,Generation,andtheOriginsofHumanDissection(2006).LorraineDastonisDirectorattheMaxPlanckInstitutefortheHistoryofScienceandHonoraryProfessorattheHumboldt-UniversitatzuBerlin.She¨istheau
7、thorofClassicalProbabilityintheEnlightenment(1988),WondersandtheOrderofNature,1150–1750(1998,withKatharinePark),Wunder,BeweiseundTatsachen:ZurGeschichtederRationalitat¨(2001),andImagesofObjectivity(2006,withPeterGalison).CambridgeHistoriesOnline©Cambr
8、idgeUniversityPress,2008iCambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008iiTHECAMBRIDGEHISTORYOFSCIENCEGeneraleditorsDavidC.LindbergandRonaldL.Numbersvolume1:AncientScienceEditedbyAlexanderJonesvolume2:MedievalScienceEditedbyDavidC.Lindb