Author: Mary SomervillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Celestial mechanics
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
The first american edition of the Scottish scientist Mary Somerville's work.
A Preliminary Dissertation on the Mechanism of the Heavens
Author: Mary SomervillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Celestial mechanics
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
The first american edition of the Scottish scientist Mary Somerville's work.
The Preliminary Dissertation to the "Mechanism of the Heavens."
Author: Mary SomervillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Celestial mechanics
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
A Preliminary Dissertation on the Mechanism of the Heavens
Author: Mary SomervillePublisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781318583799
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
A Preliminary Dissertation on the Mechanisms of the Heavens
Author: Mary SomervillePublisher:
ISBN: 9789362095442
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Preliminary Dissertation to the "Mechanism of the Heavens"
Author: Mrs. SomervillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Celestial mechanics
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Mechanism of the Heavens
Author: Mary SomervillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Celestial mechanics
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Mary Somerville
Author: Kathryn A. NeeleyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521626729
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
A biography of the leading woman of science in Great Britain during the nineteenth century.
A Final Story
Author: Nasser ZakariyaPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022647612X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 563
Book Description
Towards a Final Story is the first history of the modern scientific epic. These epic stories pull together our knowledge of the universe, uniting material and biological origins, from beginning to end. The authors of these epics--among them Carl Sagan, E.O. Wilson, and Steven Weinberg--saw their task as providing an integrated schema that would not only bring together but also go beyond the particular scientific results and disciplines available as they wrote their histories. Nasser Zakariya traces how such epic stories could achieve what they claimed, how they inhabit culture and politics, and how they arrived at the present moment from a period in the previous century when inquiries into ultimate origins were regarded by many as unscientific and unanswerable. These prominent, popular historical narratives of science are important forms of knowledge in their own right. They expose what science means in the wider culture and at the same time focus attention on the near paradoxical nature of a universal history narrated by humanity for humanity.
Mary Somerville and the Cultivation of Science, 1815–1840
Author: E.C. PattersonPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400968396
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Among the myriad of changes that took place in Great Britain in the first half of the nineteenth century, many of particular significance to the historian of science and to the social historian are discernible in that small segment of British society drawn together by a shared interest in natural phenomena and with sufficient leisure or opportunity to investigate and ponder them. This group, which never numbered more than a mere handful in comparison to the whole population, may rightly be characterized as 'scientific'. They and their successors came to occupy an increasingly important place in the intellectual, educational, and developing economic life of the nation. Well before the arrival of mid-century, natural philosophers and inventors were generally hailed as a source of national pride and of national prestige. Scientific society is a feature of nineteenth-century British life, the best being found in London, in the universities, in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and in a few scattered provincial centres.
Physics And Culture
Author: Brian CotterellPublisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 1786343789
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
The role of physics in our culture is examined from the time of Newton to the present day. It has three parts: an introduction to physics and two parts covering the roles of Newtonian and Modern/Postmodern physics. It is shown how popularization enabled physics to become part of our culture, while the topics discussed include religion, philosophy, politics, literature, the visual arts, and music. An underlying theme is that physics is an intimate part of our culture which, together with the other sciences, has had a wide general influence that cannot be ignored.The book has been written for all that are genuinely interested in culture. It is well referenced and illustrated, and suitable for the general public, students and academics who are interested in bridging the sciences and humanities in today's era of specialization.