Seeking nature's logic
natural philosophy in the Scottish enlightenment
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2009 - Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, Penn, Pennsylvania
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English
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- Open LibraryOL22691654M
- ISBN-139780271035253
- OCLC Control Number276712924
- OCLC Control Numberseekingnatureslo0000wils
- Library of Congress Control Number2008051402
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- LibraryThing9812413
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- DDC509.411/09033
- LCCQC9.G7 W55 2009
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.
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PhysicsHistoryPhilosophyIntellectual lifePhysics, philosophyScotland, intellectual lifeScotland -- Intellectual life -- 19th centuryScotland -- Intellectual life -- 18th centuryPhysics -- Philosophy -- Scotland -- History -- 19th centuryPhysics -- Philosophy -- Scotland -- History -- 18th century
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