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

Neuausgabe 2004
ISBN: 978-0-19-516004-8
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 558 g

McCormmach (history of science, U. of Oregon) offers an edition of 18th-century natural philosopher Cavendish's manuscript, in foul and corrected versions, on the mechanical theory of heat. He also explores physical theory in natural philosophy during the second half of the 18th century, of which the treatise is an example. Annotation 2004 Book New

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 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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mccormmach, Russell

Cavendish, Henry

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Zeit: Philosophische, Psychologische, Soziale Aspekte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaften: Theorie, Epistemologie, Methodik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Human- und Sozialwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie