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Energy, Force and Matter
The Conceptual Development of Nineteenth-Century Physics
Häftad, 1982
357 kr
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By focusing on the conceptual issues faced by nineteenth century physicists, this book clarifies the status of field theory, the ether, and thermodynamics in the work of the period. A remarkably synthetic account of a difficult and fragmentary period in scientific development.
The Investigation of Difficult Things
Essays on Newton and the History of the Exact Sciences in Honour of D. T. Whiteside
Av Peter M. Harman, Alan E. Shapiro
Häftad, 2002
895 kr
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A collection of twenty original essays on the history of science and mathematics. The topics covered embrace the main themes of Whiteside's scholarly work, emphasising Newtonian topics: mathematics and astronomy to Newton; Newton's manuscripts; Newton's Principia; Newton and eighteenth-century …
Culture of Nature in Britain, 1680-1860
Inbunden, 2009
611 kr
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This wide-ranging book investigates the emergence of modern ideas about the natural world in Britain from 1680–1860 through an examination of the cultural values common to the sciences, art, literature, and natural theology. During this critical period, spanned by Newtonian science, natural …
