Russell McCormmach

Speculative Truth

Henry Cavendish, Natural Philosophy, and the Rise of Modern Theoretical Science

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 530g
• ISBN-13: 9780195160048
• ISBN-10: 0195160045
• Artikelnr.: 13970582

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One. Natural Philosophy
1: Natural Philosophers
2: Philosophies
3: Theories
Part Two. A Great Question
4: Historical Setting of Heat and Mechanics
5: Henry Cavendish's Researches
6: The Mechanical Theory of Heat
7: The Question
Appendix. Henry Cavendish's Manuscript on the Mechanical Theory of Heat
Editorial Note
Preliminary Sketch of the Manuscript
Foul Copy of the Manuscript
Fair Copy of the Manuscript
Bibliography
Endnotes for Preface, Introduction, and Part One
Endnotes for Part Two
Endnotes for Appendix Text
Endnotes for Appendix Document "Heat"
Index