The collapse of mechanism and the rise of sensibility [electronic resource] : science and the shaping of modernity, 1680-1760 / Stephen Gaukroger. Gaukroger, Stephen. Science Europe History 17th century. Science Europe History 18th century. Philosophy and science Europe History 17th century. Philosophy and science Europe History 18th century. Religion and science Europe History 17th century. Religion and science Europe History 18th century. Science and civilization. Q127.E8 509.409033 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. How did we come to have a scientific culture - one in which cognitive values are shaped around scientific ones? Stephen Gaukroger presents a rich and fascinating investigation of the development of intellectual culture in early modern Europe, a period in which understandings of the natural realm began to fragment. Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2010. c2010. 2010 Text 1 online resource (ix, 505 p.) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199594931.001.0001 eng Europe Europe Europe Europe Europe Europe