Speculative Truth - Henry Cavendish, Natural Philosophy, Rise of Modern Theoretical

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

List of contents

• 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

Product details

• Authors: Henry Cavendish, Russell McCormmach, Russell (Professor of History of Scien Mccormmach, Russell (Professor of History of Science McCormmach, McCormmach Russell
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2003
• EAN: 9780195160048
• ISBN: 978-0-19-516004-8
• No. of pages: 268
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / Physics / General, MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy, Physics, Philosophy of Mathematics, History of mathematics, Mathematical foundations