Abstract
Abstract This chapter explains the meaning of ‘science’ in early modern times and sketches the process by which a group of disciplines concerned with various aspects of the natural world coalesced into a unified field bound together by a number of common assumptions and standards. The different groups of people involved in early modern science are presented and its institutional background is discussed. The fluid boundaries between the disciplines dealing with the natural world and their intellectual context are explored, particular attention being devoted to the interaction of natural science, on the one hand, and history, philology, and theology, on the other. The chapter closes with a sketch of the various disciplines of early modern science and their evolution over time.
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