Speculative Truth
Henry Cavendish, Natural Philosophy, and the Rise of Modern Theoretical Science
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Description de l’éditeur
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.
GENRE
Science et nature
SORTIE
2004
18 mars
LANGUE
EN
Anglais
LONGUEUR
272
Pages
ÉDITIONS
Oxford University Press
DÉTAILS DU FOURNISSEUR
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholar s of the University of Oxford tradi ng as Oxford University Press
TAILLE
6,6
Mo