Seeking nature's logic : natural philosophy in the Scottish enlightenment
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Seeking nature's logic : natural philosophy in the Scottish enlightenment
AUTHOR:
Wilson, David B.
ISBN:
9780271035253
PUBLICATION_INFO:
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2009
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xvi, 344 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references and index
ABSTRACT:
Summary: "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.
SUBJECT:
| Physics -- Scotland -- Philosophy -- History -- 18th century |
| Physics -- Scotland -- Philosophy -- History -- 19th century |
| Scotland -- Intellectual life -- 18th century |
| Scotland -- Intellectual life -- 19th century |
BIBSUMMARY:
Summary: "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.