David's primary interests are in the intellectual history of the early period modern period, especially the history of natural philosophy. From a philosophical perspective, he studies the development of interpretations of the natural world through the course of the Scientific Revolution. In particular, he is examining the way in which the physical theories developed by natural philosophers like Copernicus, Gilbert, Kepler, Galileo, Descartes, and Newton changed over time.

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