Author: Sir Humphry DavyPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Fragmentary Remains, Literary and Scientific, of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. ... With a sketch of his life, and selections from his correspondence. Edited by his brother John Davy
Author: Sir Humphry DavyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Fragmentary Remains, Literary and Scientific, of Sir Humphry, Davy, Bart., Late President of the Royal Society, Etc
Author: Sir Humphry DavyPublisher:
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Category : Chemists
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Fragmentary remains, literary and scientific of Sir Humphry Davy, with a sketch of his life and selections from his correspondence
Author: John DavyPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Science in the Romantic Era
Author: David KnightPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317242181
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
First published in 1998. The Romantic Era was a time when society, religion and other beliefs, and science were all in flux. The idea that the universe was a great clock, and that men were little clocks, all built by a divine watchmaker, was giving way to a more dynamic and pantheistic way of thinking. A new language was invented for chemistry, replacing metaphor with algebra; and scientific illustration came to play the role of a visual language, deeply involved with theory. A scientific community came gradually into being as the 19th century wore on. The papers which compose this book have appeared in a wide range of books and journals; together with the new introduction they illuminate science and its context in the Romantic Era and follow its effects in the 19th century.
The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art
Author: Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
The Electric Life of Michael Faraday
Author: Alan HirshfeldPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 080271823X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Michael Faraday was one of the most gifted and intuitive experimentalists the world has ever seen. Born into poverty in 1791 and trained as a bookbinder, Faraday rose through the ranks of the scientific elite even though, at the time, science was restricted to the wealthy or well-connected. During a career that spanned more than four decades, Faraday laid the groundwork of our technological society-notably, inventing the electric generator and electric motor. He also developed theories about space, force, and light that Einstein called the "greatest alteration . . . in our conception of the structure of reality since the foundation of theoretical physics by Newton." The Electric Life of Michael Faraday dramatizes Faraday's passion for understanding the dynamics of nature. He manned the barricades against superstition and pseudoscience, and pressed for a scientifically literate populace years before science had been deemed worthy of common study. A friend of Charles Dickens and an inspiration to Thomas Edison, the deeply religious Faraday sought no financial gain from his discoveries, content to reveal God's presence through the design of nature. In The Electric Life of Michael Faraday, Alan Hirshfeld presents a portrait of an icon of science, making Faraday's most significant discoveries about electricity and magnetism readily understandable, and presenting his momentous contributions to the modern world.
An Introduction to the History of Science
Author: Walter LibbyPublisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations
Author: Carl C. GaitherPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461411130
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 2800
Book Description
This unprecedented collection of 27,000 quotations is the most comprehensive and carefully researched of its kind, covering all fields of science and mathematics. With this vast compendium you can readily conceptualize and embrace the written images of scientists, laymen, politicians, novelists, playwrights, and poets about humankind's scientific achievements. Approximately 9000 high-quality entries have been added to this new edition to provide a rich selection of quotations for the student, the educator, and the scientist who would like to introduce a presentation with a relevant quotation that provides perspective and historical background on his subject. Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations, Second Edition, provides the finest reference source of science quotations for all audiences. The new edition adds greater depth to the number of quotations in the various thematic arrangements and also provides new thematic categories.
Dictionary of National Biography
Author: Leslie StephenPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
British Medical Journal
Author: Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1094
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