Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. FIGURES ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
5. NOTE ON CITATIONS AND TRANSLATIONS xiii
6. INTRODUCTION: THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS 1
7. 1. INDUCTION IN EARLYMODERN EUROPE 11
8. 2. EXPERIENCE AND JESUIT MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE: THE PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE OF METHODOLOGY 32
9. 3. EXPERTISE, NOVEL CLAIMS, AND EXPERIMENTAL EVENTS 63
10. 4. APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION, ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE, AND SCIENTIFIC TRADITIONS 93
11. 5. THE USES OF EXPERIENCE 124
12. 6.ART, NATURE, METAPHOR; THE GROWTH OF PHYSICOMATHEMATICS 151
13. 7. PASCAL'S VOID, NATURAL PHILOSOPHERS, AND MATHEMATICAL EXPERIENCE 180
14. 8. BARROW, NEWTON, AND CONSTRUCTIVIST EXPERIMENT 210
15. CONCLUSION: A MATHEMATICAL NATURAL PHILOSOPHY? 245
16. BIBLIOGRAPHY 251
17. INDEX 281