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Gamow : van atoomkern tot kosmos
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ISBN: 9789085713784 Year: 2011 Publisher: Amsterdam Natuurwetenschap & Techniek


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Mechanism and Materialism : British Natural Philosophy in An Age of Reason
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ISBN: 0691621241 0691647917 1400871026 0691080720 1322886687 9781400871025 Year: 2015 Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press,

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Robert Schofield explores the rational elements of British experimental natural philosophy in the 18th century by tracing the influence of two opposing concepts of the nature of matter and its action-mechanism and materialism. Both concepts rested on the Newtonian interpretation of their proponents, although each developed more or less independently. By integrating the developments in all the areas of experimental natural philosophy, describing their connections and the influences of Continental science, natural theology, and to a lesser degree social and institutional changes, the author demonstrates that mechanistic concepts dominated interpretations from about 1687 to 1740, when they were replaced by materialistic concepts. A revival of the mechanistic approach early in the next century made England a fertile field for ideas on the dynamic interaction of forces.Originally published in 1970.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Science and the Enlightenment
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ISBN: 0521243491 0521286190 1322882452 1316285081 131628350X 1316036405 1316284352 1316285022 1316283887 1316284433 9781316285022 9781316036402 9780521243490 9780521286190 1316282910 Year: 1988 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Science and the Enlightenment is a general history of eighteenth-century science covering both the physical and life sciences. It places the scientific developments of the century in the cultural context of the Enlightenment and reveals the extent to which scientific ideas permeated the thought of the age. The book takes advantage of topical scholarship, which is rapidly changing our understanding of science during the eighteenth century. In particular it describes how science was organized into fields that were quite different from those we know today. Professor Hankins's work is a much needed addition to the literature on eighteenth-century science. His study is not technical; it will be of interest to all students of the Enlightenment and the history of science, as well as to the general reader with some background in science.


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Van der Waals : krachten die de wereld bijeenhouden
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ISBN: 9789085711315 Year: 2008 Publisher: Amsterdam Natuurwetenschap en Techniek

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