Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy
Subtitle: Works in the Philosophy of Science 1830-1914
Edition: Facsimile edition
Publisher: Thoemmes Continuum
Published: April 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9781855067523
Subjects: History of ideas, intellectual history; Literary studies: 19th century; Other prose: 19th century; Philosophy of science; Science; Science/Mathematics; Philosophy & Social Aspects
First sentence: (1.) THE situation of man on the globe he inhabits, and over which he has obtained the control, is in many respects exceedingly remarkable.