Speculative Truth
Author | : Russell McCormmach |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2004-03-18 |
ISBN-10 | : 0195347803 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780195347807 |
Rating | : 4/5 (807 Downloads) |
Download or read book Speculative Truth written by Russell McCormmach and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-03-18 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a never-before published paper by Lord Henry Cavendish, as well as a biography on him, this book offers a fascinating discourse on the rise of scientific attitudes and ways of knowing. A pioneering British physicist in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Cavendish was widely considered to be the first full-time scientist in the modern sense. Through the lens of this unique thinker and writer, this book is about the birth of modern science.