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Uneasy Genius: The Life And Work Of Pierre Duhem

Author : St.L. Jaki
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400936230
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Uneasy Genius: The Life And Work Of Pierre Duhem written by St.L. Jaki and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hundred years have now gone by since in the midsummer of 1882 Pierre Duhem, a graduate of College Stanislas, completed with brilliant success his entrance exams to the Ecole Normale Superieure and embarked on his career as a theoretical physicist. His father, a textile salesman, hoped that Hierre would pursue a career in business, one of the few professional fields where perhaps he would not have succeeded. Not that young Duhem lacked sense for the practical. He could have easily made a name for himself as an artist had he developed professionally his skill to draw portraits and landscapes. His ability to make a point and his readiness to join in a debate, could have earned him fame as a lawyer. A potential actor was in sight when he entertained friends with mimicry. That as a student of physics he entered and stayed first in his class at the Ecole Normale, did not thwart his talents for the life sciences. No less a biologist than Pasteur tried to obtain Duhem for assistant. His command of Greek and Latin would have secured him a career as a classicist. He was a Frenchman, not to be met too often, whose rightful ad miration for and mastery of his native tongue, did not prove a barrier to the major modern languages. As one who taught himself the complex art of medieval paleo graphy, he could easily have mastered the many auxiliary sciences needed by a consummate historian.

Works

Author : Jonathan Swift
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Works written by Jonathan Swift and published by . This book was released on 1808 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Uneasy Genius

Author : Stanley L. Jaki
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789024724338
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Uneasy Genius written by Stanley L. Jaki and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Oracles of Science : Celebrity Scientists versus God and Religion

Author : Karl Giberson Professor of Physics Eastern Nazarene College
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198042469
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Oracles of Science : Celebrity Scientists versus God and Religion written by Karl Giberson Professor of Physics Eastern Nazarene College and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2006-11-29 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biologists Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Dawkins, and Edward O. Wilson, and physicists Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking, and Steven Weinberg have become public intellectuals, articulating a much larger vision for science and what role it should play in the modern worldview. The scientific prestige and literary eloquence of each of these great thinkers combine to transform them into what can only be called oracles of science. Curiously, the leading "oracles of science" are predominantly secular in ways that don't reflect the distribution of religious beliefs within the scientific community. Many of them are even hostile to religion, creating a false impression that science as a whole is incompatible with religion. Karl Giberson and Mariano Artigas offer an informed analysis of the views of these six scientists, carefully distinguishing science from philosophy and religion in the writings of the oracles.

Continuum Mechanics Through the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

Author : Gérard A. Maugin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3319053744
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Continuum Mechanics Through the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries written by Gérard A. Maugin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-04-04 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conceived as a series of more or less autonomous essays, the present book critically exposes the initial developments of continuum thermo-mechanics in a post Newtonian period extending from the creative works of the Bernoullis to the First World war, i.e., roughly during first the “Age of reason” and next the “Birth of the modern world”. The emphasis is rightly placed on the original contributions from the “Continental” scientists (the Bernoulli family, Euler, d’Alembert, Lagrange, Cauchy, Piola, Duhamel, Neumann, Clebsch, Kirchhoff, Helmholtz, Saint-Venant, Boussinesq, the Cosserat brothers, Caratheodory) in competition with their British peers (Green, Kelvin, Stokes, Maxwell, Rayleigh, Love,..). It underlines the main breakthroughs as well as the secondary ones. It highlights the role of scientists who left essential prints in this history of scientific ideas. The book shows how the formidable developments that blossomed in the twentieth century (and perused in a previous book of the author in the same Springer Series: “Continuum Mechanics through the Twentieth Century”, Springer 2013) found rich compost in the constructive foundational achievements of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The pre-WWI situation is well summarized by a thorough analysis of treatises (Appell, Hellinger) published at that time. English translations by the author of most critical texts in French or German are given to the benefit of the readers.

Canadian Magazine

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (924 download)

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Download or read book Canadian Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Canadian Magazine

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 730 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book The Canadian Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

One Hundred Twentieth-Century Philosophers

Author : Stuart Brown
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134680376
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book One Hundred Twentieth-Century Philosophers written by Stuart Brown and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-02-20 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One Hundred Twentieth-Century Philosophers offers biographical information and critical analysis of the life, work and impact of some of the most significant figures in philosophy this century. Taken from the acclaimed Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Philosophers, the 100 entries are alphabetically organised, from Adorno to Zhang Binglin, and cover individuals from both continental and analytic philosophy. The entries have an identical four-part structure making it easy to compare and contrast information, comprising: * biographical details * a bibliography of major works * a listing of relevant secondary and critical literature * an appraisal of the philosopher's thoughts and achievements. A separate glossary provides an introduction to the origins, development and main features of major philosophical schools and movements and offers select bibliographies to guide the reader to further research.

The Canadian Magazine of Politics, Science, Art and Literature

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Canadian Magazine of Politics, Science, Art and Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Science in the Provinces

Author : Mary Jo Nye
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520359143
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Science in the Provinces written by Mary Jo Nye and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2022-05-13 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 1986.

Contemporary France

Author : Gabriel Hanotaux
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 670 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Contemporary France written by Gabriel Hanotaux and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hume’s Theory of Moral Judgment

Author : W. Brand
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9781402002618
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Hume’s Theory of Moral Judgment written by W. Brand and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001-11-30 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study offers an overall interpretation of Hume's Treatise of Human Nature. I have emphasized throughout the dialectic between associationism and a theory of critical judgment - the "combat" of Book I -which con tinues in Books II and III and with no apparent winner. A theory of critical judgment is fIrst worked out in Book I under what Hume calls "general rules." The theory explains how unreasonable judgments may be made reasonable and is made use of again in Book III to correct partial evalua tions. Two sorts of general rules compete for prescriptive claims and two sides of human nature, the untutored and the more cultivated and reflective, contribute to science and morality. of David Hume by Annette Baier I was fIrst introduced to the philosophy when she conducted a seminar on the Treatise at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York. Much of the enthusiasm I have sustained for Hume has been due to the teachings of Professor Baier and to the conversations I have had with her. I have profIted from the encouragement and suggestions of Nicholas Capaldi just prior to beginning the work. Charles Landesman, Martin Tamny, and Stephan Baumrin read earlier versions of the manuscript and offered many constructive criticisms. Joram Haber was readily available to hear out my ideas. I am grateful to my wife, Marianne, and children, Anna and Aaron, for their patience and support throughout the project.

Revolution and Continuity

Author : Peter Barker
Publisher : CUA Press
ISBN 13 : 0813230683
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book Revolution and Continuity written by Peter Barker and published by CUA Press. This book was released on 2018-03-02 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents new work in history and historiography to the increasingly broad audience for studies of the history and philosophy of science. These essays are linked by a concern to understand the context of early modern science in its own context.

Eduard Gans and the Hegelian Philosophy of Law

Author : M.H. Hoffheimer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401585237
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Eduard Gans and the Hegelian Philosophy of Law written by M.H. Hoffheimer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gans ranks at the head of that important group of Hegelian thinkers that bridged the generations of Hegel and Marx. ! Yet there is a large gap between Gans 's historical importance and the scholarship on him. Despite a renewal of interest in Gans's work on the Continent,2 Gans remains almost completely unknown to English-Ianguage scholars, and almost none ofhis work has been 3 previously translated. His Prefaces to his posthumous editions of Hegel's writings are inaccessib1e to English speakers, despite the fact that they shed important light on the authenticity of the so-called Additions to those texts. His Preface to Hegel's Philosophy ofLaw has never been translated before, while his Preface to the Philosophy of History has been omitted from reprintings 4 for generations. Moreover, the recent scholarship on the Continent has focused on Gans 's political and philosophical rather than his legal writings. There is little dis cussion in any language ofhis system oflaw, which is the focus ofthe present study. Some of the reasons for the neglect of Gans are obvious. Gans cannot be a hero for most readers today. He accepted apostasy as a means to profes sional advancement. And though more liberal than Hegel, Gans nonetheless accommodated himself to the results of the Restoration and evaded political persecution that might have kindled the sympathy of later generations.

Another Sort of Learning

Author : James V. Schall
Publisher : Ignatius Press
ISBN 13 : 089870183X
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Another Sort of Learning written by James V. Schall and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noting the widespread concern about the quality of education in our schools, Schall examines what is taught and read (and not read) in these schools. He questions the fundamental premises in our culture which do not allow truth to be considered. Schall lists various important books to read, and why.

Time and Transcendence

Author : G. Motzkin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401125082
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Time and Transcendence written by G. Motzkin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates one aspect of the story of how our religiously-oriented culture became a secular one. It concentrates on the conflicts enveloping the attitude to the past from the late seventeenth to the early twentieth century. The background argument is that the way the process of secularization occurred in one particular religious context, the Roman Catholic one, was determinative for the possibility of something such as secular culture, and hence for both the modem secular attitude to the past and the modem religious one. In recent years a spate of scholarship has suggested that the expanded version of Weber's theory, according to which modernity is a consequence of Protestan tism, is not quite accurate. Robert Merton modified this theory to argue that modem natllral science originated in the context of seventeenth-century 1 Protestant England. Against this position, many scholars have investigated 2 origins for the development of science in Catholic countries. The development of natural science, however, is not the whole story of the development of modem secular culture, even if the story of that development is restricted to the development of knowledge. Our modem universities are organized around the division between humanities and natural sciences, and it can be thought that this process of modernization or secularization affected the humanities no less than the sciences.

Technology in the Western Political Tradition

Author : Jerry Weinberger
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501744666
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Technology in the Western Political Tradition written by Jerry Weinberger and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This well-integrated group of thirteen papers addresses the intriguing and perplexing issue of whether modern government can handle the problem of technology.