Gender and Boyle's law of gases /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Potter, Elizabeth
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2000, 2001.
Series:Race, gender, and science.
Subjects:
1600-1699
Boyle's law.
Hylozoism.
Science > England > History > 17th century.
Loi de Boyle.
Hylozoïsme.
Sciences > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
SCIENCE > History.
Boyle's law
Hylozoism
Science
Wetenschapsbeoefenaars.
Vrouwendiscriminatie.
Rassenvraagstuk.
Theorievorming.
England
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Now we see it
  • Now we don't
  • Economics, politics, and religion: Stuart conflicts with Parliament
  • Civil war approaches
  • The intersection of class and gender politics
  • The Boyle family's religious and class politics
  • More class and gender politics
  • Boyle's gender politics
  • Boyle's background reading
  • Boyle's hermeticism, magic, and active principles
  • Hermeticism, hylozoism, and radical politics
  • Boyle's concern over the sectaries
  • Boyle's objections to hylozoism
  • Experimental support for the corpuscular philosophy
  • Boyle's law of gases
  • The production of an alternative law
  • Methodological considerations
  • "The data alone proved Boyle's hypothesis"
  • Good science.

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