Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
Annotated Bibliography
Primary Sources
Bacon, Francis, and Joseph Devey. Novum Organum. New York: P.F. Collier, 1902. Print.
An original book by Francis Bacon, this book details the ideas that Bacon wanted to circulate,
especially the idea of constant experimentation and the idea of overwritten ultimate truth.
This book was essential for me to gain an understanding of Francis Bacon's ideas.
Bacon, Francis. New Atlantis. Oxford: Clarendon, 1924. Print.
This book is an unfinished novel by Francis Bacon describing a utopian society based on logic
and religion. Francis Bacon uses the book to describe his own ideals, where religion and
logic are unified. This book helped me understand Francis Bacon's ideas and motivations
more.
Descartes, Rene, and Donald A. Cress. Meditations on First Philosophy: In Which the
Existence of God and the Distinction of the Soul from the Body Are Demonstrated.
Indianapolis: Hackett Pub., 1993. Print.
The birthplace of the famous quote, "I think, therefore I am," Descartes uses this treatise to
create reason based on first truths, demonstrating his motive to become the father of all
reasoning. This book was indispensable in order to obtain a grasp on Descartes work.
Descartes, Rene. Discourses on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason and Seeking
Truth in the Sciences. R.A. Kessinger Pub., 2004. Print.
Cormack, Lesley B., and Andrew Ede. A History of Science in Society: A Reader.
Peterborough, Ont.: Broadview, 2007. Print.
A collection of primary documents detailing the entire history of science, this book covers prescientific revolution, Greek, and even Muslim scientific background, and runs all the way
to Einstein and Cavendish. This book was extremely useful in establishing a historically
sound foundation of the historical context behind the scientific method.
Cottingham, John. Descartes. New York: B. Blackwell, 1986. Print.
This book devotes a chapter to each of Descartes achievements. It covers them in great detail,
such as how he discovered them and how they would effect others. This helped me
significantly in learning how reasoning ideals before the scientific method affected
scientists and philosophers, as well as how they affected the Scientific Method.
Dear, Peter. Revolutionizing the Sciences: European Knowledge and Its Ambitions, 15001700. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.
This book covers the entire formation of modern science in great detail. Starting from the
guesswork of Alchemy and leading up to the creation of medicinal science and physics,
this book shows what impacted and was impacted by the Scientific Revolution. This book
was helpful for me because it gave me a much deeper understanding of the events of the
Scientific Revolution.
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