The Ferment of Knowledge Rousseau Porter Paperback Cambridge University Press

The Ferment of KnowledgeStudies in the Historiography of Eighteenth-Century Science\nAuthor(s): George Sebastian Rousseau, Roy Porter\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521087186, 978-0521087186\nSynopsis\nThe thirteen original essays in this book examine the status and development of the sciences in the eighteenth century. The last generation has seen a revolution in the methodology adopted by historians of science: The development of science is no longer described as a steady progress towards truth certainties have given way to questions. The essays in this volume scrutinize these changing perspectives in historiography and recommend paths for future study. The eighteenth century has been a neglected and much-misunderstood era in the development of science, all too often viewed as something of a trough between the towering achievements of the 'Scientific Revolution' and the nineteenth century.