The Edge of Objectivity: An Essay in the History of Scientific IdeasFrom Galileo's analysis of motion to the theories of evolution and relativity, Charles Gillispie takes us on a masterly tour of the world of scientific ideas. The history of modern science is portrayed here as the development of objectivity through the study of nature. |
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... . THE HISTORY OF NATURE 260 VIII . BIOLOGY COMES OF AGE 303 IX . EARLY ENERGETICS 352 X. FIELD PHYSICS 406 XI . EPILOGUE 493 BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY 521 INDEX 545 Preface THE PUBLISHER thinks that The Edge of Objectivity needs.
... Field ( Bristol and Boston : A. Hilger , 1986 ) ; Crosbie Smith and M. Norton Wise , Energy and Empire : A Biographical Study of Lord Kelvin ( New York : Cambridge University Press , 1989 ) . 34 Paris : Éditions Belin , 1987 ; edited by ...
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Contents
FULL CIRCLE | 1 |
ART LIFE AND EXPERIMENT | 52 |
THE NEW PHILOSOPHY | 81 |
NEWTON WITH HIS PRISM AND SILENT FACE | 115 |
SCIENCE AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT | 149 |
THE RATIONALIZATION OF MATTER | 200 |
THE HISTORY OF NATURE | 258 |
BIOLOGY COMES OF AGE | 301 |
EARLY ENERGETICS | 350 |
FIELD PHYSICS | 404 |
EPILOGUE | 491 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY | 519 |
INDEX | 543 |