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Cambridge University Press The Alchemy Reader
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Cambridge University Press Physiognomy and the Meaning of Expression in NineteenthCentury Culture 29 Cambridge Studies in NineteenthCentury Literature and Culture Series Number 29
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Cambridge University Press Thomas Kuhn
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Cambridge University Press The Alchemy Reader From Hermes Trismegistus to Isaac Newton
Book SynopsisThe Alchemy Reader is a collection of primary source readings on alchemy and hermeticism, which offers readers an informed introduction and background to a complex field through the works of important ancient, medieval and early modern alchemical authors. Including selections from the legendary Hermes Trimegistus to Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton, the book illustrates basic definitions, conceptions, and varied interests and emphases; and it also illustrates the highly interdisciplinary character of alchemical thought and its links with science and medicine, philosophical and religious currents, the visual arts and iconography and, especially, literary discourse. Like the notable anthologies of alchemical writings published in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, it seeks to counter the problem of an acute lack of reliable primary texts and to provide a convenient and accessible point of entry to the field.Trade Review'Linden's introduction to the collection and the headnotes accompanying each selection, which testify to Linden's long experience and wide reading in the history and texts of alchemy, will help make this a much-used volume.' British Society for the History of ScienceTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Ancient Texts: 1. Hermes Trismegistus: The Emerald Table (Tabula smaragdina); 2. Plato: from the Timaeus; 3. Aristotle: from the Meteorology; 4. Pseudo-Democritus: from the Treatise of Democritus on Things Natural and Mystical; 5. Anonymous: Dialogue of Cleopatra and the Philosophers; 6. Anonymous: from Leiden Papyrus X and the Stockholm Papyrus; 7. Zosimos of Panopolis: Of Virtue, Lesson 1-3; 8. Stephanos of Alexandria: from The Great and Sacred Art of the Making of Gold; 9. Anonymous: The Poem of the Philosopher Theophrastos upon the Sacred Art; Part II. Islamic and Medieval Texts: 10. Khalid ibn Yazid: from Secreta Alchymiae; 11. Pseudo-Geber: from Of the Investigation or Search of Perfection; Of the Sum of Perfection; and His Book of Furnaces; 12. Avicenna: De Congelatione et Conglutinatione Lapidum; 13. Albertus Magnus: from the Libellus de Alchimia; 14. Roger Bacon: from the Radix Mundi; 15. Nicolas Flamel: from His Exposition of the Hieroglyphical Figures; 16. Bernard, Earl of Trevisan: A Treatise of the Philosophers Stone; 17. George Ripley: The Epistle of George Ripley written to King Edward the 4; Part III. Renaissance and Seventeenth Century Texts: 18. Paracelsus: from Of the Nature of Things and Paracelsus His Aurora; 19. Francis Anthony: Aurum-Potabile: or the Receit of Dr. Fr. Antonie; 20. Michael Sendivogius: from A New Light of Alchymie and A Dialogue between Mercury, the Alchymist and Nature; 21. Robert Fludd: from Mosaicall Philosophy; 22. Gabriel Plattes: A Caveat for Alchymists; 23. John French: preface to The Divine Pymander of Hermes Mercurius Trimegistus in XVII Books; 24. George Starkey/Eirenaeus Philalethes: The Admirable Efficacy, and almost incredible Virtue of true Oyl; from An Exposition Upon Sir George Ripley's Epistle to King Edward IV; 25. Elias Ashmole: Prolegomena to the Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum; 26. Robert Boyle: from An Historical Account of a Degradation of Gold Made by an Anti-Elixir: A Strange Chymical Narrative; 27. Isaac Newton: The Key (Keynes MS 18); The Commentary on the Emerald Tablet (Keynes MS 28), King's College, Cambridge; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Life on Other Worlds The 20ThCentury Extraterrestrial Life Debate
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Cambridge University Press Leibniz An Intellectual Biography
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Cambridge University Press New Dimensions in Privacy Law International and Comparative Perspectives
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Cambridge University Press Agnes Mary Clerke and the Rise of Astrophysics
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Cambridge University Press The Power of the Passive Self in English Literature 16401770
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Cambridge University Press Charles Darwins The Life of Erasmus Darwin
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Cambridge University Press The Ambitions of Curiosity
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Cambridge University Press Sky and Ocean Joined The US Naval Observatory 18302000
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Cambridge University Press The International Atlas of Lunar Exploration
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Cambridge University Press The Collected Letters of Erasmus Darwin
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Cambridge University Press Heisenberg in the Atomic Age Science and the Public Sphere Publications of the German Historical Institute
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Cambridge University Press The Scientific Legacy of Fred Hoyle
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Cambridge University Press From Eudoxus to Einstein
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Cambridge University Press Medical and Scientific Writing in Late Medieval English
Book SynopsisThe late Middle Ages in England saw a flowering of scientific writing in the vernacular, taking English discourse in new directions and establishing new textual genres. This 2004 book examines the sociolinguistic causes and effects of that process, and offers insights into vernacularisation for linguists and historians of science alike.Table of Contents1. Vernacularisation of scientific and medical writing in its sociohistorical context Päivi Pahta and Irma Taavitsainen; 2. Discourse communities and medical texts Claire Jones; 3. Transferring classical discourse forms into the vernacular Irma Taavitsainen; 4. Code-switching in medieval medical writing Päivi Pahta; 5. Entrances and exits in English medical vocabulary, 1400–1550 Juhani Norri; 6. Herbal recipes and recipes in herbals - intertextuality in early English medical writing Martti Mäkinen; 7. Middle English recipes: vernacularisation of a text-type Ruth Carroll; 8. The 'Declaracions' of Richard of Wallingford: A case study of a Middle English astrological treatise Linda Ehrsam Voigts; 9. Scriptorial 'house-styles' and discourse communities Irma Taavitsainen.
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Cambridge University Press Bearing the Heavens
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Cambridge University Press Nature and the Godly Empire Science and Evangelical Mission in the Pacific 17951850 Cambridge Social and Cultural Histories Series Number 7
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Cambridge University Press The Emergence of Numerical Weather Prediction Richardsons Dream
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Cambridge University Press Science and Ethics
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Cambridge University Press Dictatorship of the Air Aviation Culture and the Fate of Modern Russia Cambridge Centennial of Flight
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Cambridge University Press Newton as Philosopher
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Cambridge University Press On the Origin of Species
Book SynopsisJim Endersby's major scholarly edition debunks some of the myths that surround Darwin's book, and expores how it was originally written, published and read. Endersby provides a very readable introduction to this classic text and a level of scholarly apparatus unmatched by any other edition.Trade Review'[This] anniversary edition of the Origin of Species is one of the best editions available and a highly recommended book, especially for students and newcomers in Darwin's world.' Newsletter, International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group'There is no way to understand Darwin unless one reads his own writings: the Origin of Species is an excellent starting point to read Darwin and I will argue that this Cambridge anniversary edition is an excellent choice for anyone who wants to read the book, especially if he knows absolutely nothing about it. Science and Education JournalTable of ContentsIntroduction; On the Origin of Species; Appendix 1. An evolving origin; Appendix 2. Biographical register; Explanatory notes; Bibliography.
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Cambridge University Press A History of Social Psychology
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Cambridge University Press The Principle of Least Action
Book SynopsisThe principle of least action originates in the idea that, if nature has a purpose, it should follow a minimum or critical path. This simple principle, and its variants and generalizations, applies to optics, mechanics, electromagnetism, relativity, and quantum mechanics, and provides an essential guide to understanding the beauty of physics. This unique text provides an accessible introduction to the action principle across these various fields of physics, and examines its history and fundamental role in science. It includes - with varying levels of mathematical sophistication - explanations from historical sources, discussion of classic papers, and original worked examples. The result is a story that is understandable to those with a modest mathematical background, as well as to researchers and students in physics and the history of physics.Trade Review'I recommend this exciting book to readers interested in how a small number of principles can explain modern physical theory. A major part of this excellent physical, mathematical, and historical study of the principle of least action is the exposition of the optical-mechanical analogy that led to the invention of Schrӧdinger's wave mechanics in 1926 … Containing the mathematical steps of numerous detailed derivations with clearly designed figures to aid the reader, the text is physically and mathematically rigorous and serves as a guide to the next step: the reading of the original papers cited in the references.' Barry R. Masters, Optics & Photonics NewsTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Prehistory of variational principles; 3. An excursio to Newton's Principia; 4. The optical-mechanical analogy, part I; 5. D'Alembert, Lagrange, and the statics-dynamics analogy; 6. The optical mechanical analogy, part II: the Hamilton–Jacobi equation; 7. Relativity and least action; 8. The road to quantum mechanics; Appendix A. Newton's solid of least resistance using calculus; Appendix B. Original statement of D'Alembert's principle; Appendix C. Equations of motion of MacCullagh's ether; Appendix D. Characteristic function for a parabolic Keplerian orbit; Appendix E. Saddle paths for reections on a mirror; Appendix F. Kinetic caustics from quantum motion in one dimension; Appendix G. Einstein's proof of the covariance of Maxwell's equations; Appendix H. Relativistic four vector potential; Appendix I. Ehrenfest's proof of the adiabatic theorem; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press A History of Natural Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press Prison Ministry Understanding Prison Culture inside and out
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to the Origin of Species Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press Darwin Literature and Victorian Respectability 57 Cambridge Studies in NineteenthCentury Literature and Culture Series Number 57
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Cambridge University Press Science and Poetry in Medieval Persia The Botany of Nizamis Khamsa 65 University of Cambridge Oriental Publications Series Number 65
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Cambridge University Press Making Prehistory
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Cambridge University Press Aristotelianism in the First Century BCE
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Cambridge University Press Heisenberg and the Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
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Cambridge University Press From Current Algebra to Quantum Chromodynamics
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Cambridge University Press The Two Cultures Controversy
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Cambridge University Press Uncertain Knowledge
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Cambridge University Press All Scientists Now
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Cambridge University Press Promoting Experimental Learning
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Cambridge University Press The Investigation of Difficult Things
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Cambridge University Press Robert Boyle Reconsidered
Book SynopsisThis book presents a new view of Robert Boyle (162791), the leading British scientist in the generation before Newton, bringing out the subtlety of his ideas and the complexity of his relationship with his context.Trade Review"...Hunter deserves thanks for a volume that sets the stage for future research that will honor both intellectual traditions and context." Times Literaru Supplement"...these essays open up new perspectives on Boyle...they place him more closely in the context of his own day: a most important time, in which the first lasting scientific institutions were formed and the 'new philosophy' gained wide acceptance...Anybody interested in the `Scientific Revolution' or in how great scientists' minds work will find Hunter's book fascinating. The contributors have made their pieces accessible and the essays go well together." David Knight, Nature"...Hunter deserves thanks for a volume that sets the stage for future research that will honor both intellectual traditions and context. The papers range widely, as do the writings they examine, and will be of most interest to specialists. For them and for all 'beginners' alike, Hunter's chapter and the 16-page bibliography of works since 1940 (updating Fulton's classic bibliography) are invaluable." E.R. Webster, Choice"The essays collected by Michael Hunter represent the work of a group of Boyle scholars who have been active in the last few years in mining Boyle's papers--published and unpublished--for new information about a major thinker who has been relatively overlooked by historians. Much of this work is both welcome and rewarding and benefits from the fact that these scholars feed off of one another's discoveries." James R. Jacob, Albion"...capable of stimulating the "newer, more nuanced view" of Boyle promised in Hunter's introduction Seventeenth-Century NewsTable of ContentsList of abbreviations; Preface; 1. Introduction Michael Hunter; 2. Virtue, providence and political neutralism: Boyle and interregnum politics Malcolm Oster; 3. Science writing and writing science: Boyle and rhetorical theory John T. Harwood; 4. Learning from experience: Boyle's construction of an experimental philosophy Rose-Mary Sargent; 5. Carneades and the chemists: a study of The Sceptical Chymist and its impact on seventeenth-century chemistry Antonio Clericuzio; 6. Boyle's alchemical pursuits Lawrence M. Principe; 7. Boyle's debt to corpuscular alchemy William R. Newman; 8. Boyle and cosmical qualities John Henry; 9. The theological context of Boyle's Things above Reason Jan W. Wojcik; 10. 'Parcere nominibus': Boyle, Hooke and the rhetorical interpretation of Descartes Edward B. Davis; 11. Teleological reasoning in Boyle's Disquisition about Final Causes Timothy Shanahan; 12. Locke and Boyle on miracles and God's existence J. J. Macintosh; Bibliography of writings on Boyle published since 1940; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Real Science
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Cambridge University Press The French Paracelsians
Book SynopsisThe scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries is normally characterised in terms of astronomy and the physics of motion. In The French Paracelsians, first published in 1992, Allen Debus narrates an important episode whose contribution to the scientific revolution has been largely ignored: the long-standing contention between Paracelsians and Galenists.Trade Review"Debus has dramatically enriched our knowledge of Renaissance and modern science, including themes and figures that traditional historians of science have neglected. Thanks to Debus's studies, the relevance of individuals like Paracelsus, Robert Fludd and Jean-Baptiste van Helmont to modern science and philosophy is now recognised....The author draws on an impressive array of documents...." Antonio Clericuzio, Times Higher Education Supplement"...describes the internecine warfare in a clear and readable manner with just the right amount of quotation. The book is written with great authority and I am sure it will be the definitive account of this episode in the history of medicine for many years to come." A. R. Butler, New Scientist"...an important contribution to the history of pharmacy and to some aspects of the early history of chemistry and of medicine." Maurice Crosland, Nature"...succeeds admirably in documenting the `chemical challenge' to both medical and scientific tradition in early modern France. A very readable yet scholarly account, handsomely illustrated; very interesting reading for undergraduates and academic specialists alike." J.W. Dauben, Choice"...a masterly study...." Thomas S. Willard, Studies in Hermeticism"Debus's use of primary sources is exemplary (16 pages of references--may of them rare and difficult to obtain). His work is a model of scholarship....The book is an essential contribution to a better understanding of one of the most difficult figures in medical history. It is a model of what might be done with other threads of the Paracelsian corpus if one concentrates on primary sources." Edmund D. Pellegrino, Quarterly Review of Biology"...a major contribution not only ot the study of the history of medicine and the history of both medical and non-medical chemistry but also to the history of science, the history of ideas." Bibliotheque d'Humanisme et Renaissance"...narrates an important episode whose contributions to the scientific revolution has been largely ignored: the long-standing contention between Paracelsians and Galenists....Debus shows how the purported triumph of the mechanists in the scientific academies was partial at best, recounting the osmotic acceptance of chemistry by the academies. This persistent influence of medical chemistry was significant both for the chemical revolution and as one of the driving forces behind the scientific revolution, and deserves greater recognition by historians."...a welcome addition to Allen Debus' studies of the Paracelsian tradition in early modern Europe....As a work of intellectual history, this book is successful. Debus agilely traces the complex development of French Paracelsianism showing its relation to humanist medicine, to Protestantism, and to the new philosophy." William Eamon, Renaissance QuarterlyTable of ContentsPreface; List of illustrations; 1. Paracelsism and medical tradition; 2. Chemistry and medicine in France: the early years; 3. Paris and Montpellier: the great chemical debates; 4. Chemical continuity and the new philosophy; 5. Alchemy and the chemical philosophers in the early eighteenth century; 6. Postscript; Notes; Bibliography.
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Cambridge University Press The Ambitions of Curiosity Understanding the World in Ancient Greece and China 64 Ideas in Context Series Number 64
Book SynopsisIn The Ambitions of Curiosity, first published in 2002, one of the world's foremost philosophers of science explores the origins and growth of systematic inquiry in Greece, China, and Mesopotamia. Professor Lloyd examines which factors stimulated or inhibited this development, and whose interests were served. He asks who set the agenda? What was the role of the state in sponsoring, supporting or blocking research, in such areas as historiography, natural philosophy, medical research, astronomy, technology, pure and applied mathematics? How were each of those fields defined and developed in different ancient societies? How did truly innovative thinkers persuade their own contemporaries to accept their work? Professor Lloyd explores the different routes those developments took in China, Greece and Mesopotamia, and demonstrates the unexpected results of many research efforts, as well as the tensions between state control and individual innovation and the different ways they were resolved Trade Review'… an important work … recommended for undergraduate use.' Scott Rubarth, Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewTable of Contents1. Histories, annals, myths; 2. The modalities of prediction; 3. The number of things; 4. Applications and applicabilities; 5. The language of learning; 6. Individuals and institutions; Glossary of Chinese and Greek terms; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Ludic Proof
Book SynopsisThis book describes the relationship between science and poetry in the Hellenistic period by analysing the stylistic features of Hellenistic mathematics and then showing how they can be understood within the context of Hellenistic poetry. The result transforms our understanding of the origins of Western mathematics.Trade Review"...it is a beautiful, creative study... ." --BMCRTable of ContentsPreface; Introduction; 1. The carnival of calculation; 2. The telling of mathematics; 3. Hybrids and mosaics; 4. The poetic interface; Conclusions and qualifications.
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Cambridge University Press Observatories and Telescopes of Modern Times
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