title: Organic mechanism and the soul of science.
abstract: One of Donald Bates's most striking claims was that the bio-medical sciences were central to the Scientific Revolution of the 17th century and that its innovators drew heavily on the "organic mechanism" of the ancients. The paper elaborates on and defends Bates's proposal against a more conventional reading of the Scientific Revolution as driven by celestial and terrestrial mechanics and physics.
authors.affiliation: City University of New York Graduate Centre, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D005060:Europe; D006666:History of Medicine; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D010825:Physics / Q000266:history*; D012586:Science / Q000266:history*