Science and Technology in World History, Volume 3

David Deming is a professor of Arts & Sciences at the University of Oklahoma. A geophysicist, research scientist and historian, he has written on topics ranging from the history of science to climate change and energy resources.

• Table of ContentsPreface      1. Famine and Pestilence      The Little Ice Age (c. 1300–1860)      The Black Death (1348–1350)      2. The Witch Mania (c. 1450–1700)      Magic, Sorcery and Witchcraft      3. The Printing Press (1450)      Science, Repeatability and the Printing Press      4. A Short History of Censorship      Ancient World      5. The Renaissance (c. 1350–1650)      Humanism and the Revival of Learning      Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519)      6. The Reformation      The Corruption of the Roman Catholic Church (c. 1000–1500)      Martin Luther (1483–1546)      7. Birth of Modern Medicine      European Medicine in the Middle Ages (c. 600–1500)      Paracelsus (1493–1541)      The Reform of Anatomy and Physiology      8. Educational Reform and Peter Ramus (1515–1572)      Scholastic Pedantry      9. The Copernican Revolution      Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543)      Tycho Brahe (1546–1601)      Johannes Kepler (1571–1630)      10. The Scientific Revolution (c. 1543–1687)      Galileo Galilei (1564–1642)      Francis Bacon (1561–1626)      Experimental Philosophy in Seventeenth Century Europe      Isaac Newton (1642–1727)      Conclusion      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index