Jesuit Science and the Republic of Letters. Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology.

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Schutzumschlag leicht berieben, minimale Randl�ren, Bleistiftanmerkung auf Vorsatz, sonst sehr guter Zustand / dust jacket slightly rubbed, minimal edgewear, pencil annotation on endpaper, otherwise very good condition. - Founded in 1540, the Society of Jesus was viewed for centuries as an impediment to the development of modern science. The Jesuit educational system was deemed conservative and antithetical to creative thought. The Order and its members were blamed by Galileo, Descartes, and their disciples for virtually every proceeding against the new science. No wonder a consensus emerged that there was little reason for historians to take Jesuit science seriously. Only during the past two decades have scholars begun to question this received view of the Jesuit role in the Scientific Revolution. This book contributes significantly to that reassessment. Focusing on the institutional setting of Jesuit science, the contributors take a new and broader look at the overall intellectual environment of the Collegio Romano and other Jesuit colleges to see how Jesuit scholars taught and worked, to examine the context of the Jesuit response to the new philosophies, and to chart the Jesuits� scientific contributions. Their conclusions indicate that Jesuit practitioners were indeed instrumental in elevating the status of mathematics and in emphasizing the importance of experimental science; yet, at the same time, the Jesuits were members of a religious order with a clearly defined apostolic mission. Understanding both the contributions of Jesuit practitioners and the constraints under which they worked helps us to gain a clearer and more complete perspective on the emergence of the scientific worldview. / Contents Preface Jesuits: Savants Mordechai Feingold The Academy of Mathematics of the Collegio Romano from 1553 to 1612 Ugo Baldini Galileo�s Jesuit Connections and Their Influence on His Science William A. Wallace The Partial Transformation of Medieval Cosmology by Jesuits in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Edward Grant Descartes and the Jesuits: Doubt, Novelty, and the Eucharist Roger Ariew Giovanni Battista Riccioli and the Science of His Time Alfredo Dinis Scientific Spectacle in Baroque Rome: Athanasius Kircher and the Roman College Museum Paula Findlen Pious Ambition: Natural Philosophy and the Jesuit Quest for the Patronage of Printed Books in the Seventeenth Century Martha Baldwin Tradition and Scientific Change in Early Modern Spain: The Role of the Jesuits Victor Navarro Jesuit Science in the Spanish Netherlands G. H. W. Vanpaemel The Storia Letteraria D�Italia and the Rehabilitation of Jesuit Science Brendan Dooley Contributors Index. ISBN 9780262062343