Elements of Early Modern Physics comprises the two long
introductory chapters of J. L. Heilbron's monumental work
Electricity in the 17th and 18th Centuries: A Study of Early Modern
Physics plus a concluding summary of the remaining chapters.
Heilbron opens with a presentation of the general principles of
physical theory and a description of the institutional frameworks
in which physics were cultivated in the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries. He argues that the single most important contributor to
physics in the seventeenth century was the Catholic Church. In the
first half of the eighteenth century, Cartesian and Newtonian
physicists disagreed over principles but thought in similar terms
and cultivated the same sort of qualitative natural philosophy.
Work towards an exact physics, which took on important dimensions
after 1770, confounded the programs of both. Heilbron shows that by
attending too closely to the Copernican revolution and the
confrontation of great philosophical systems, historians have
seriously misjudged the character of early modern
science. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived
program, which commemorates University of California Press’s
mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them
voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893,
Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship
accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title
was originally published in 1982.
General
| Imprint: |
University of California Press
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
March 2022 |
| First published: |
1982 |
| Authors: |
J. L. Heilbron
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| Dimensions: |
210 x 148 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
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| Pages: |
314 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-520-30255-6 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-520-30255-9 |
| Barcode: |
9780520302556 |
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