Victorian relativity: radical thought and scientific discovery
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Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-277) and index Acknowledgments; Preface: Relativity and Ideology; Introduction: The Conspiracy against Truth; Chapter 1: Difference, Unity, Proliferation; Chapter 2: Relativity and Authority; Chapter 3: The Relativity of Logic; Chapter 4: Karl Pearson and the Human Form Divine; Chapter 5: Frazer and Einstein; Afterword: Protagoras and History-Writing; Notes; Works Cited; Index One of the articles of faith of twentieth-century intellectual history is that the theory of relativity in physics sprang in its essentials from the unaided genius of Albert Einstein; another is that scientific relativity is unconnected to ethical, cultural, or epistemological relativisms. Victorian Relativity challenges these assumptions, unearthing a forgotten tradition of avant-garde speculation that took as its guiding principle "the negation of the absolute" and set itself under the militant banner of "relativity."Christopher Herbert shows that the idea of relativity page |
Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 302 pages) |
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spelling | Herbert, Christopher 1941- Verfasser (DE-588)172134676 aut Victorian relativity radical thought and scientific discovery Christopher Herbert Chicago University of Chicago Press ©2001 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 302 pages) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-277) and index Acknowledgments; Preface: Relativity and Ideology; Introduction: The Conspiracy against Truth; Chapter 1: Difference, Unity, Proliferation; Chapter 2: Relativity and Authority; Chapter 3: The Relativity of Logic; Chapter 4: Karl Pearson and the Human Form Divine; Chapter 5: Frazer and Einstein; Afterword: Protagoras and History-Writing; Notes; Works Cited; Index One of the articles of faith of twentieth-century intellectual history is that the theory of relativity in physics sprang in its essentials from the unaided genius of Albert Einstein; another is that scientific relativity is unconnected to ethical, cultural, or epistemological relativisms. Victorian Relativity challenges these assumptions, unearthing a forgotten tradition of avant-garde speculation that took as its guiding principle "the negation of the absolute" and set itself under the militant banner of "relativity."Christopher Herbert shows that the idea of relativity page Geschichte 1800-1900 swd 1800 - 1899 fast Geschichte 1800-1900 Geschichte 1800-1900 gnd rswk-swf History Relativité / Histoire / 19e siècle Connaissance, Théorie de la / Histoire / 19e siècle PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics bisacsh Knowledge, Theory of fast Relativity fast Relativiteitstheorie gtt Radicalisme gtt Victoriaanse tijd gtt Relativismus swd Wirklichkeit swd Naturwissenschaften swd Erkenntnis swd Relativität swd Geschichte Relativity History 19th century Knowledge, Theory of History 19th century Theorie (DE-588)4059787-8 gnd rswk-swf Wissen (DE-588)4066559-8 gnd rswk-swf Wirklichkeit (DE-588)4066380-2 gnd rswk-swf Relativismus (DE-588)4177682-3 gnd rswk-swf Erkenntnis (DE-588)4015286-8 gnd rswk-swf Naturwissenschaften (DE-588)4041421-8 gnd rswk-swf Relativität (DE-588)4191596-3 gnd rswk-swf Relativität (DE-588)4191596-3 s Wissen (DE-588)4066559-8 s Theorie (DE-588)4059787-8 s Geschichte 1800-1900 z 1\p DE-604 Wirklichkeit (DE-588)4066380-2 s Naturwissenschaften (DE-588)4041421-8 s Erkenntnis (DE-588)4015286-8 s 2\p DE-604 Relativismus (DE-588)4177682-3 s 3\p DE-604 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=347372 Aggregator Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 3\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
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title | Victorian relativity radical thought and scientific discovery |
title_auth | Victorian relativity radical thought and scientific discovery |
title_exact_search | Victorian relativity radical thought and scientific discovery |
title_full | Victorian relativity radical thought and scientific discovery Christopher Herbert |
title_fullStr | Victorian relativity radical thought and scientific discovery Christopher Herbert |
title_full_unstemmed | Victorian relativity radical thought and scientific discovery Christopher Herbert |
title_short | Victorian relativity |
title_sort | victorian relativity radical thought and scientific discovery |
title_sub | radical thought and scientific discovery |
topic | History Relativité / Histoire / 19e siècle Connaissance, Théorie de la / Histoire / 19e siècle PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics bisacsh Knowledge, Theory of fast Relativity fast Relativiteitstheorie gtt Radicalisme gtt Victoriaanse tijd gtt Relativismus swd Wirklichkeit swd Naturwissenschaften swd Erkenntnis swd Relativität swd Geschichte Relativity History 19th century Knowledge, Theory of History 19th century Theorie (DE-588)4059787-8 gnd Wissen (DE-588)4066559-8 gnd Wirklichkeit (DE-588)4066380-2 gnd Relativismus (DE-588)4177682-3 gnd Erkenntnis (DE-588)4015286-8 gnd Naturwissenschaften (DE-588)4041421-8 gnd Relativität (DE-588)4191596-3 gnd |
topic_facet | History Relativité / Histoire / 19e siècle Connaissance, Théorie de la / Histoire / 19e siècle PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics Knowledge, Theory of Relativity Relativiteitstheorie Radicalisme Victoriaanse tijd Relativismus Wirklichkeit Naturwissenschaften Erkenntnis Relativität Geschichte Relativity History 19th century Knowledge, Theory of History 19th century Theorie Wissen |
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