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Speculative truth : Henry Cavendish, natural philosophy, and the rise of modern theoretical science /
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 b...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2004.
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| Colección: | OUP E-Books.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 258 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-252) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195347807 0195347803 0195186532 9780195186536 9780195160048 0195160045 1280503092 9781280503092 9781602569225 1602569223 9786610503094 6610503095 |