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9780521541169: Defining Science: William Whewell, Natural Knowledge and Public Debate in Early Victorian Britain
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ISBN 10: 0521541166 ISBN 13: 9780521541169
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Sinossi

A 1993 assessment of the role of the historian and philosopher of science, William Whewell, in early Victorian debates about the nature of science.

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Recensione

'... a thoughtful discussion of the emergence of science as a major factor in the definition of Victorian civilisation.' Metascience

'... at once a seminal vocational biography of the most prominent Victorian metascientist, and a penetrating study of the complex debate about the nature of science in nineteenth century Britain. It is a book no student of Victorian intellectual history can afford to ignore.' Isis

Descrizione del libro

Defining Science, first published in 1993, deals with the major role of the historian and philosopher of science, William Whewell, in early Victorian debates about the nature of science and its moral and cultural value.

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Editore
Cambridge University Press
Data di pubblicazione
2008
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0521541166
ISBN 13 
9780521541169
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
300
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
gpsr@libri.de
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