Matters of Exchange读书介绍
| 类别 | 页数 | 译者 | 网友评分 | 年代 | 出版社 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 书籍 | 560页 | 2007 | Yale University Press |
| 定价 | 出版日期 | 最近访问 | 访问指数 |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD 35.00 | 2007-04-28 … | 2022-11-14 … | 30 |
In this wide-ranging and stimulating book, a leading authority on the history of medicine and science presents convincing evidence that Dutch commerce, not religion, inspired the rise of science in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Harold Cook scrutinizes a wealth of historical documents relating to the study of medicine and natural history in the Netherlands, Europe, Brazil, South Africa, and Asia during this era, and his conclusions are fresh and exciting. He uncovers direct links between the rise of trade and commerce in the Dutch Empire and the flourishing of scientific investigation. Cook argues that engaging in commerce changed the thinking of Dutch citizens, leading to a new emphasis on such values as objectivity, accumulation, and description. The preference for accurate information that accompanied the rise of commerce also laid the groundwork for the rise of science globally, wherever the Dutch engaged in trade. Medicine and natural history were fundamental aspects of this new science, as reflected in the development of gardens for both pleasure and botanical study, anatomical theatres, curiosity cabinets, and richly illustrated books about nature. Sweeping in scope and original in its insights, this book revises previous understandings of the history of science and ideas.
作者简介柯浩德（Harold J. Cook）
英国伦敦皇家内科医学院名誉院士，英国伦敦大学学院教授，布朗大学历史学教授，《医学史》杂志联合主编，曾任英国惠康信托医学史中心主任。主要研究方向为科学史、近代早期医学史和跨文化知识生产，近年来关注全球化背景下的商业、医学和科学发展。为写作本书，专门自学荷兰语和荷兰史，细心梳理荷兰语档案文献资料，还利用17世纪英国出版物及手稿进行研究。已出版《年轻的笛卡尔》（The Young Descartes : Nobility, Rumor, and War）、《一位普通医生的审判》（Trials of an Ordinary Doctor: Joannes Groenevelt in Seventeenth-Century London）等。
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