Cambridge University Press, Date: 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 350pp. Green boards in dust jacket. Some shelf wear to the jacket. Essay collection divided into 3 sections; Part I: Newtonian Studies, Part II: Science and Religion, Part III: Historiography and the Social Context of Science. 1985. Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521304520 9780521304528 [US]

ISBN10: 0521304520, ISBN13: 9780521304528, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Hardcover First Edition 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 350pp. Green boards in dust jacket. Some shelf wear to the jacket. Essay collection divided into 3 sections; Part I: Newtonian Studies, Part II: Science and Religion, Part III: Historiography and the Social Context of Science.
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ISBN10: 0521304520, ISBN13: 9780521304528, [publisher: Cambridge, etc.: Cambridge University Press, 1985.] Hardcover First Edition First Edition. xv, 350 pp; illus. Original cloth. Signature on flyleaf, else Near Fine, in near fine dust jacket. Contents: Part I. Newtonian Studies: 1. Conceptual problems in Newton’s early chemistry: a preliminary study B. J. T. Dobbs; 2. The significance of Newton’s Principia for empiricism Ernan McMullin; 3. The defective diagram as an analytical device in Newton’s Principia J. Bruce Brackenridge; 4. Force, electricity, and the powers of living matter in Newton’s mature philosophy of nature R. W. Home; 5. Concepts of inertia: Newton to Kant Peter M. Harman; Part II. Science and Religion: 6. Celestial perfection from the Middle Ages to the late seventeenth century Edward Grant; 7. Baptizing Epicurean atomism: Pierre Gassendi on the immortality of the soul Margaret J. Osler; 8. The manifestation of occult qualities in the scientific revolution Ron Millen; 9. Piety and the defense of natural order: Swammerdam on generation Edward G. Ruestow; Part III. Historiography and the Social Context of Science: 10. What is the history of theories of perception the history of? Stephen M. Straker; 11. Tycho Brahe as the dean of a Renaissance research institute Victor E. Thoren; 12. Agricola and community: cognition and response to the concept of coal James A. Ruffner; 13. Theories for the birds: an inquiry into the significance of the theory of ...

ISBN10: 0521304520, ISBN13: 9780521304528, [publisher: Cambridge, etc.: Cambridge University Press, 1985.] Hardcover First Edition First Edition. Frontispiece, xv, 350 pp; illus. Original cloth. Signature on flyleaf, else Near Fine, without dust jacket. Contents: Part I. Newtonian Studies: 1. Conceptual problems in Newton's early chemistry: a preliminary study B. J. T. Dobbs; 2. The significance of Newton's Principia for empiricism Ernan McMullin; 3. The defective diagram as an analytical device in Newton's Principia J. Bruce Brackenridge; 4. Force, electricity, and the powers of living matter in Newton's mature philosophy of nature R. W. Home; 5. Concepts of inertia: Newton to Kant Peter M. Harman; Part II. Science and Religion: 6. Celestial perfection from the Middle Ages to the late seventeenth century Edward Grant; 7. Baptizing Epicurean atomism: Pierre Gassendi on the immortality of the soul Margaret J. Osler; 8. The manifestation of occult qualities in the scientific revolution Ron Millen; 9. Piety and the defense of natural order: Swammerdam on generation Edward G. Ruestow; Part III. Historiography and the Social Context of Science: 10. What is the history of theories of perception the history of? Stephen M. Straker; 11. Tycho Brahe as the dean of a Renaissance research institute Victor E. Thoren; 12. Agricola and community: cognition and response to the concept of coal James A. Ruffner; 13. Theories for the birds: an inquiry into the signi ...