Speculative truth : Henry Cavendish, natural philosophy, and the rise of modern theoretical science /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McCormmach, Russell
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2004.
Series:OUP E-Books.
Subjects:
Cavendish, Henry, > 1731-1810.
Cavendish, Henry, > 1731-1810
1700-1799
Heat > History > 18th century.
Physics > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Chemists > Great Britain > Biography.
Chaleur > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Physique > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
SCIENCE > Physics > General.
SCIENCE > Mechanics > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
SCIENCE > Energy.
Chemists
Heat
Physics
Great Britain
Biographies
History
Biographies.
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