The natural philosophy of Margaret Cavendish
Subtitle: reason and fancy during the scientific revolution
By: Lisa T. Sarasohn.
Series: The Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780801894435
Subjects: Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, -- Duchess of, -- 1624?-1674 -- Knowledge -- Physics; Feminism and science -- England -- History -- 17th century; Science -- Philosophy -- History -- 17th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Gender, nature, and natural philosophy; title: A wonderful natural philosopher; title: Cavendish's early atomism; title: The life of matter; title: Other worlds and other selves : the imaginative world of natures pictures; title: The politics of matter; title: The matter with immaterial matter; title: Cavendish against the experimenters; title: Material regenerations; title: Conclusion : does Cavendish matter?