History of the Inductive Sciences
From the Earliest to the Present Times
3 Volume Set
Part of Cambridge Library Collection - Philosophy
- Author: William Whewell
- Date Published: December 2010
- availability: Available
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108019279
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A central figure in Victorian science, William Whewell (1794–1866) held professorships in Mineralogy and Moral Philosophy at Trinity College, Cambridge, before becoming Master of the college in 1841. His mathematical textbooks, such as A Treatise on Dynamics (1823), were instrumental in bringing French analytical methods into British science. This three-volume history, first published in 1837, is one of Whewell's most famous works. Taking the 'acute, but fruitless, essays of Greek philosophy' as a starting point, it provides a history of the physical sciences that culminates with the mechanics, astronomy, and chemistry of 'modern times'. Volume 1 focuses on ancient Greek physics and metaphysics and their reception during the middle ages. Volume 2 discusses the rise of modern mechanics and emphasises the paradigmatic shift from mere observation to the explanation of causes. Volume 3 highlights the convergence of mechanical and chemical theories in discoveries about electricity, magnetism and thermodynamics.
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- Date Published: December 2010
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108019279
- length: 1670 pages
- dimensions: 330 x 252 x 162 mm
- weight: 2.6kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Part I. The Mechanical Sciences
Book VI. History of Mechanics, Including Fluid Mechanics
Part II. The Secondary Mechanical Sciences
Book VIII. History of Acoustics
Part III. The Mechanico-Chemical Sciences
Book XI. History of Electricity
Part IV. The Analytical Science. Book XIV. History of Chemistry
Part V. The Analytico-Classificatory Science
Book XV. History of Mineralogy
Part VI. Classificatory Sciences
Book XVI. History of Systematic Botany and Zoology
Part VII. Organical Sciences
Book XVII. History of Physiology and Comparative Anatomy
Part VIII. The Palaetiological Sciences
Book XVIII. History of Geology.
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