Speculative truth: Henry Cavendish, natural philosophy, and the rise of modern theoretical science
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1. Verfasser: McCormmach, Russell (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press ©2004
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-252) and index
Natural philosophy -- A great question -- Henry Cavendish's manuscript on the mechanical theory of heat
With a never-before published paper by Lord Henry Cavendish, as well as a biography on him, this book offers a fascinating discourse on the rise of scientific attitudes and ways of knowing. A pioneering British physicist in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Cavendish was widely considered to be the first full-time scientist in the modern sense. Through the lens of this unique thinker and writer, this book is about the birth of modern science
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 258 pages)
ISBN:0195160045
0195186532
0195347803
1280503092
9780195160048
9780195186536
9780195347807
9781280503092

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