Atom and Individual in the Age of Newton; On the Genesis of the Mechanistic World View.

Dordrecht, Boston:: D. Reidel, (1986)., 1986. Series: Boston studies in the philosophy of science, v. 88. 8vo. xv, 276 pp. Index. Cloth, dust-jacket; jacket cover a bit torn. Ink ownership signature of David C. Lindberg. Very good. FIRST EDITION in English, previously issued in German, 1982 as Atom und Individuum im Zeitalter Newtons. "This study of Newtonian natural philosophy is such an exceptionally important contribution to the literature of the history and philosophy of science. . . [This] is a work of fundamental importance, for it deftly reframes two (truncated) of the longest-running and most critical debates in the literature: the first, whether and how the rise of science in the seventeenth century was related to the raging social, religious, political, and economic battles with which it occupied the stage in early modern Europe; the second, whether a socially defined science becomes relativistic, its substance determined merely by convention. . . . " David Kubrin, the reviewer, points out there were problems with the translation and a lot of typos in the text, but still confirms the importance of the work. ISBN: 9027719055 (Inventory #: S11632)