Seeking nature's logic : natural philosophy in the Scottish enlightenment / David B. Wilson.
- Wilson, David B., 1961-
- Date:
- [2009], ©2009
- Books
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Description
"Studies the path of natural philosophy (i.e., physics) from Isaac Newton through Scotland into the nineteenth-century background to the modern revolution in physics. Examines how the history of science has been influenced by John Robison and other notable intellectuals of the Scottish Enlightenment"--Provided by publisher.
Publication/Creation
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2009], ©2009.
Physical description
xvi, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contributors
Contents
Changing Newton : the legacy of the early Scottish Newtonians, 1690-1740 -- Midcentury Glasgow University, 1740-1760 -- The natural philosophy of common-sense philosophy : Thomas Reid and his colleagues, 1760-1788 -- The natual philosophy of chemistry : Joseph Black and his disciples, 1760-1786 -- Contemplating knowledge and nature : John Anderson, 1760-1796 -- John Robison's phlogiston physics, circa 1780 -- John Robison's Boscovichian physics, circa 1800 - Turn-of-the-century Edinburg University, 1790-1810.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineZFU.46.AA6-8Open shelves
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ISBN
- 9780271035253
- 0271035250