Acknowledgments.
Editor's Introduction: What was the Scientific Revolution? Marcus Hellyer (Brandeis University).
1. The Traditional Narrative of The Scientific Revolution.
Editor's Introduction.
The Riseof Modern Science: When and Why?: R. Hooykaas (Late of University of Utrecht).
2. Competing Disciplines.
Editor's Introduction.
The Copernicans and the Churches: Robert S. Westman (University of California at San Diego).
3. The Experimental Philosophy and Its Institutions.
Editor's Introduction.
Pump and Circumstance: Robert Boyle's Literary Technology: Steven Shapin (University of California at San Deigo).
4. The Mechanical Philosophy and Its Appeal.
Editor's Introduction.
A Mechanical Microcosm: Bodily Passions, Good Manners, and Cartesian Mechanism: Peter Dear (Cornell University).
5. The Revolution in Natural History.
Editor's Introduction.
Natural History and the Emblematic World View: William B. Ashworth, Jr. (University of Missouri, Kansas City).
6. Medicine and Alchemy.
Editor's Introduction.
The Chemical Philosophy and the Scientific Revolution: Allen G. Debus (University of Chicago).
7. The Newtonian Achievement.
Editor's Introduction.
The Newtonian Revolution: I. Bernard Cohen (Harvard University).
8. The Scientific Revolution and The Industrial Revolution.
Editor's Introduction.
The Cultural Origins of the First Industrial Revolution: Margaret C. Jacob (University of California, Los Angeles).
9. A Dissenting View.
Editor's Introduction.
De-Centering the 'Big Picture': The Origins Of Modern Science and the Modern Origins of Science: Andrew Cunningham (University of Cambridge) and Perry Williams.
Glossary.
Index.
