Dialectics of nature
By: by Frederick Engels; translated and edited by Clemens Dutt with a preface and notes by J.B.S. Haldane, F.R.S.
Contributors: Dutt, Clemens Palme, ed. and tr.; Haldane, J. B. S. 1892-1964.
Publisher: International Publishers
Published: 1940
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
Subjects: Dialectic (Science); Science -- Philosophy
Description: Introduction.--Dialectics.--Basic forms of motion.--The measure of motion--work.--Heat.--Electricity.--Dialectics of nature--notes.--Tidal friction, Kant and Thomson-Tait on the rotation of the earth and lunar attraction.--The part played by labour in the transition from ape to man.--Natural science and the spirit world [from a manuscript of Engels probably written in 1878, and first published in the "Illustrierter neue welt-kalender fèur das jahr 1898"]--Appendices: I. Notes to Anti-Dèuhring, hitherto unpublished in English. II. Source references (p. 329-370).--Bibliography (p. 371-375)--Index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction.; title: Dialectics.; title: Basic forms of motion.; title: The measure of motion; title: work.; title: Heat.; title: Electricity.; title: Dialectics of nature; title: notes.; title: Tidal friction, Kant and Thomson-Tait on the rotation of the earth and lunar attraction.; title: The part played by labour in the transition from ape to man.; title: Natural science and the spirit world [from a manuscript of Engels probably written in 1878, and first published in the "Illustrierter neue welt-kalender für das jahr 1898"]; title: Appendices: I. Notes to Anti-Dühring, hitherto unpublished in English. II. Source references (p. 329-370).; title: Bibliography (p. 371-375); title: Index.