The Architecture of Matter"Warmly recommended. It is that rare achievement, a lively book which at the same time takes the fullest possible advantage of scholarly knowledge."—Charles C. Gillespie, New York Times Book Review |
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... ideas evident in astronomy and dynamics had any counterpart in the history of chemistry and physiology — rather , these sciences seemed to them to have evolved independently and from scratch in the years following A.d. 1600. Recent ...
... ideas evident in astronomy and dynamics had any counterpart in the history of chemistry and physiology — rather , these sciences seemed to them to have evolved independently and from scratch in the years following A.d. 1600. Recent ...
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... ideas has established the chief spatial relationships in his universe so firmly that they have become part of our ' common sense ' . In this way , the Frame of Nature has been defined . Yet the sequence of events by which this came ...
... ideas has established the chief spatial relationships in his universe so firmly that they have become part of our ' common sense ' . In this way , the Frame of Nature has been defined . Yet the sequence of events by which this came ...
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... ideas about burning , trusting that the results would adequately reflect the development of our ideas about matter in general . But such a selection is unprofitable , for it inevitably suggests that everything in matter - theory before ...
... ideas about burning , trusting that the results would adequately reflect the development of our ideas about matter in general . But such a selection is unprofitable , for it inevitably suggests that everything in matter - theory before ...
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... ideas about burning , trusting that the results would adequately reflect the development of our ideas about matter in general . But such a selection is unprofitable , for it inevitably suggests that everything in matter - theory before ...
... ideas about burning , trusting that the results would adequately reflect the development of our ideas about matter in general . But such a selection is unprofitable , for it inevitably suggests that everything in matter - theory before ...
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... ideas which have taken so firm a hold on all our minds that the textbooks no longer bother to mention them . E. M. Forster has written an entertaining essay about Voltaire's scientific work , depicting that great Frenchman embarking ...
... ideas which have taken so firm a hold on all our minds that the textbooks no longer bother to mention them . E. M. Forster has written an entertaining essay about Voltaire's scientific work , depicting that great Frenchman embarking ...
Contents
V | 23 |
VI | 26 |
VII | 31 |
VIII | 34 |
IX | 36 |
X | 39 |
XI | 40 |
XII | 44 |
XLVII | 197 |
XLVIII | 200 |
XLIX | 202 |
L | 205 |
LI | 206 |
LII | 214 |
LIII | 220 |
LIV | 227 |
XIII | 46 |
XIV | 52 |
XV | 57 |
XVI | 61 |
XVII | 71 |
XVIII | 73 |
XIX | 80 |
XX | 83 |
XXI | 86 |
XXII | 90 |
XXIII | 91 |
XXIV | 96 |
XXV | 99 |
XXVI | 100 |
XXVII | 104 |
XXVIII | 107 |
XXIX | 108 |
XXX | 113 |
XXXI | 116 |
XXXII | 121 |
XXXIII | 127 |
XXXIV | 131 |
XXXV | 135 |
XXXVI | 136 |
XXXVII | 142 |
XXXVIII | 148 |
XXXIX | 154 |
XL | 163 |
XLI | 169 |
XLIII | 171 |
XLIV | 176 |
XLV | 184 |
XLVI | 192 |
LV | 232 |
LVI | 237 |
LVII | 238 |
LVIII | 247 |
LIX | 259 |
LX | 261 |
LXI | 268 |
LXII | 269 |
LXIII | 274 |
LXIV | 278 |
LXV | 283 |
LXVI | 289 |
LXVII | 294 |
LXVIII | 299 |
LXIX | 303 |
LXX | 305 |
LXXI | 308 |
LXXII | 312 |
LXXIII | 317 |
LXXIV | 320 |
LXXV | 329 |
LXXVI | 332 |
LXXVII | 336 |
LXXVIII | 337 |
LXXIX | 340 |
LXXX | 345 |
LXXXI | 356 |
LXXXII | 359 |
LXXXIII | 363 |
LXXXIV | 367 |
LXXXV | 373 |
LXXXVI | 379 |
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The Architecture of Matter Stephen Edelston Toulmin,Stephen Toulmin,June Goodfield Limited preview - 1982 |
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