Author: Andrew Norman MeldrumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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The Eighteenth Century Revolution in Science - the First Phase
Author: Andrew Norman MeldrumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Avogadro and Dalton
Author: Andrew Norman MeldrumPublisher:
ISBN: 9780819132451
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages :
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A Brief Retrospect of the Eighteenth Century
Author: Samuel MillerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
A Brief Retrospect of the Eighteenth Century
Author: Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the 18th Century
Author: Jonathan ShectmanPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313072434
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
The 18th century saw the emergence of the industrial and chemical revolutions and witnessed the near-universal acceptance of applied science. It was a time of revolutionary, lasting transformation for the practice of science and mathematics. Most procedures and precepts of modern science took hold during the 18th century, when scientists first paired scientific research with practical application to astonishing results. In over 60 alphabetical entries, Shectman examines at the tremendous scientific discoveries, inventions, and inquiries of the period. Familiar topics such as the steam engine and hot air balloon are covered, along with lesser-known topics such as the Watt copy press and Newton's experimentum crucis. A thorough discussion of each entry's scientific impact provides readers with an understanding of the lasting social and political importance of these advancements. Narratives enrich the entries by adding context and perspective to the century's fascinating scientific history. Students and researchers will find this reference book easy to use. Included are an appendix of entries listed by scientific field, a glossary of terms, indexes by name and subject.
Bibliography on the History of Chemistry and Chemical Technology. 17th to the 19th Century
Author: Valentin WehefritzPublisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110974207
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1784
Book Description
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Author: Thomas S. KuhnPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 199
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The Eighteenth Century Revolution in Science
Author: Andrew Norman MeldrumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Inventing Human Science
Author: Christopher FoxPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520200104
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
The human sciences—including psychology, anthropology, and social theory—are widely held to have been born during the eighteenth century. This first full-length, English-language study of the Enlightenment sciences of humans explores the sources, context, and effects of this major intellectual development. The book argues that the most fundamental inspiration for the Enlightenment was the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. Natural philosophers from Copernicus to Newton had created a magisterial science of nature based on the realization that the physical world operated according to orderly, discoverable laws. Eighteenth-century thinkers sought to cap this achievement with a science of human nature. Belief in the existence of laws governing human will and emotion; social change; and politics, economics, and medicine suffused the writings of such disparate figures as Hume, Kant, and Adam Smith and formed the basis of the new sciences. A work of remarkable cross-disciplinary scholarship, this volume illuminates the origins of the human sciences and offers a new view of the Enlightenment that highlights the period's subtle social theory, awareness of ambiguity, and sympathy for historical and cultural difference.
Action and Reaction
Author: Paul Harold TheermanPublisher: University of Delaware Press
ISBN: 9780874134469
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
The volume opens with an essay by Richard S. Westfall that justifies claims that Newton was the "culmination of the scientific revolution." The I. Bernard Cohen essay that follows illustrates the difference between "mathematical principles" and "natural philosophy." Two complementary papers give new insights into the Newtonian foundations of celestial mechanics: William Harper analyzes Newton's argument for universal gravitation from the perspective of a philosopher of science; Michael S. Mahoney discusses the mathematical aspects of Newton's use of force law to determine planetary orbits.