Seeking nature's logic
Subtitle: natural philosophy in the Scottish enlightenment
By: David B. Wilson.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: University Park, Penn
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780271035253
Subjects: Physics -- Philosophy -- Scotland -- History -- 18th century; Physics -- Philosophy -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century; Scotland -- Intellectual life -- 18th century; Scotland -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
Description: "Studies the path of natural philosophy (i.e., physics) from Isaac Newton through Scotland into the nineteenth-century background to the modern revolution in physics. Examines how the history of science has been influenced by John Robison and other notable intellectuals of the Scottish Enlightenment"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.