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The edge of objectivity : an essay in the history of scientific ideas

Title
The edge of objectivity : an essay in the history of scientific ideas / by Charles Coulston Gillispie.
Author
Gillispie, Charles Coulston.
Publication
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1960.

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Additional Authors
Conkwright, P. J. (P. Jefferson)
Description
562 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Subject
  • Science > History
  • Science > Philosophy
  • Science > history
  • Science
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • Rare Book copy: In original dust jacket.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Full circle -- Art, life, and experiment -- The new philosophy -- Newton with his prism and silent face -- Science and the Enlightenment -- The rationalization of matter -- The history of nature -- Biology comes of age -- Early energetics -- Field physics -- Epilogue.
ISBN
  • 0691079528
  • 9780691079523
  • 0691023506
  • 9780691023502
LCCN
60005748
OCLC
  • ocm00964789
  • 964789
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries