Recommended book by Ofer Gal, University of Sydney | Books - Cambridge University Press

The Origins of Modern Science is the first synthetic account of the history of science from antiquity through the Scientific Revolution in many decades by Ofer Gal, University of Sydney.

The Origins of Modern Science:
From Antiquity to the Scientific Revolution

Providing readers of all backgrounds and students of all disciplines with the tools to study science like a historian, Ofer Gal covers everything from Pythagorean mathematics to Newton's Principia, through Islamic medicine, medieval architecture, global commerce and magic. Richly illustrated throughout, scientific reasoning and practices are introduced in accessible and engaging ways with an emphasis on the complex relationships between institutions, beliefs and political structures and practices. Readers gain valuable new insights into the role that science plays both in history and in the world today, placing the crucial challenges to science and technology of our time within their historical and cultural context. 

• Readers are introduced to scientific reasoning and practices in accessible and engaging ways
• Non-humanities students are provided with the tools to understand science through a historical lens
• Readers gain new insights into the complex relations between institutions, beliefs and political structures and practices
  

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Source: Cambridge University Press