Description

A book by Alexandre Koyre, 1968. A very good condition paperback edition. The inside is clean with no writing. A fascinating look at the transition of human thinking/philosophy that occurred with the advent of the 1700’s and modern science. The book covers changes that occurred within astronomy and some of the great thinkers of the time such as Descartes, Newton and Leibniz.

Why you should read this book!

• The book illuminates a pivotal moment in history – the transition from the medieval concept of a bounded universe, with the divine beyond, to a conception of an infinite universe.
• As such, it details how discoveries and new philosophical ideas, such as those by Copernicus, sparked a fundamental change in the very framework of European thought.
• Expanding upon the impact of the Copernican theory and telescopic observations, it speaks of the shift on the idea of a fixed, ordered cosmos and how it gave way to the concept of an open, possibly infinite universe.
• This shift in cosmological understanding was a primary factor in the formation of the modern world and human thought.