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Speculative Truth: Henry Cavendish, Natural Philosophy, and the Rise of Modern Theoretical Science
Speculative Truth Henry Cavendish Natural Philosophy and the Rise of Modern Theoretical Science
Author: Russell McCormmach
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...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195160048
ISBN-10: 0195160045
Publication Date: 3/18/2004
Pages: 272
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
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