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Russell McCormmach
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Speculative Truth: Henry Cavendish, Natural Philosophy, and the Rise of Modern Theoretical Science |
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English |
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Hardcover |
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272 |
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2004-03-18 |
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0195160045 |
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Oxford University Press, USA |
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1.19 pounds |
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6.04 x 0.62 x 9.06 inches |
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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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