Speculative Truth

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

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Physics, General Physics, Other Sciences, History
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Author: Russell McCormmach ISBN: 9780190289515
Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication: March 18, 2004
Imprint: Oxford University Press Language: English
Author: Russell McCormmach
ISBN: 9780190289515
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: March 18, 2004
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Language: English

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.

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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.

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