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Cambridge University Press Duhem and Holism
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Cambridge University Press Experimental Philosophy and the Origins of
Book SynopsisRanging from the early Royal Society of London in the seventeenth century to the uptake of experimental philosophy in Paris and Berlin in the eighteenth, this book is the first integrated history of early modern experimental philosophy, one of the most significant developments of the period.
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Cambridge University Press Objectivity in Science
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Cambridge University Press Ludic Proof
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Cambridge University Press Kuhns The Structure of Scientific Revolutions at 60
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Cambridge University Press Science on the Roof of the World
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Cambridge University Press Presenting the First TestTube Baby
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Cambridge University Press Naturalism in the Christian Imagination
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Cambridge University Press Charles Peirce and Modern Science
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Cambridge University Press Aristotle
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Cambridge University Press The ALMA Telescope
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Cambridge University Press Quantum Gravity in a Laboratory
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Cambridge University Press Science and Society in Modern India
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Cambridge University Press Monopolizing Knowledge
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Cambridge University Press Biological Individuality
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Cambridge University Press Quantized Detector Networks
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Cambridge University Press Quantized Detector Networks
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Cambridge University Press Biopolitics and Animal Species in NineteenthCentury Literature and Science
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Cambridge University Press The Mathematical Papers of Sir William Rowan Hamilton
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Cambridge University Press Agricultural Science as International Development
Book SynopsisFor more than fifty years, international aid for agricultural research has been shaped by an ad-hoc consortium known as CGIAR. Drawing on the best of recent historical scholarship, this book presents a compelling new look at the lasting influence of CGIAR around the world. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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Cambridge University Press Evolution for the People
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Cambridge University Press The Board of Longitude
Book SynopsisIn the first full-length history of the Board of Longitude, a distinguished team of historians analyse one of Georgian Britain's key scientific institutions. Utilizing the Board's archives, they shed light on state sponsorship of technological innovation, colonial projects and exploration at a time of dramatic industrial and imperial expansion.
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Cambridge University Press Naming New Things and Concepts in Early Modern Science
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Cambridge University Press The History of Mathematical Proof in Ancient Traditions
Book SynopsisThis radical volume explores the purposes and nature of proof in a range of historical settings, overturning the view that the first mathematical proofs were in Greek geometry and rested on the logical insights of Aristotle. It opens the way to providing the first comprehensive, textually based history of proof.Trade Review'This radical, profoundly scholarly book explores the purposes and nature of proof in a range of historical settings. It overturns the view that the first mathematical proofs were in Greek geometry and rested on the logical insights of Aristotle by showing how much of that view is an artefact of nineteenth-century historical scholarship. It documents the existence of proofs in ancient mathematical writings about numbers and shows that practitioners of mathematics in Mesopotamian, Chinese and Indian cultures knew how to prove the correctness of algorithms, which are much more prominent outside the limited range of surviving classical Greek texts that historians have taken as the paradigm of ancient mathematics. It opens the way to providing the first comprehensive, textually based history of proof.' Jeremy Gray, Open University'At long last, a substantial single volume on the history of ancient mathematics makes the cutting-edge research of scholars, some of whom normally publish in other languages, accessible to the English speaking reader … this volume is a milestone - the history of ancient mathematics has its very own French revolution, and it has finally crossed the Channel.' Serafina Cuomo, British Journal for the History of Science'… a collection of meticulous, expert studies of ancient mathematical texts. The individual chapters are essential reading for historians of geometry and arithmetic, and the volume, as a whole, will no doubt become canonical in the history of mathematics. Together, Karine Chemla and her ensemble of scholars successfully make the case for revising the nineteenth-century portrait of the history of mathematical proof that prevails even today. We must question the critical editions we employ, and we must expand the history of mathematical proof to include algorithmic texts in the Greek, Mesopotamian, Indian, Chinese, and Islamic traditions.' Early Science and Medicine'The purpose of the book … is to challenge the standard narrative and design a research program to replace it with a more adequate assessment of the achievements of non-Greek mathematicians in antiquity. The pivotal question is, in what sense and by what methods were mathematical procedures justified in showing that they always produce correct results when applied?' Jochen Brüning, Common KnowledgeTable of ContentsPrologue: historiography and history of mathematical proof: a research program Karine Chemla; Part I. Views on the Historiography of Mathematical Proof: 1. The Euclidean ideal of proof in The Elements and philological uncertainties of Heiberg's edition of the text Bernard Vitrac; 2. Diagrams and arguments in ancient Greek mathematics: lessons drawn from comparisons of the manuscript diagrams with those in modern critical editions Ken Saito and Nathan Sidoli; 3. The texture of Archimedes' arguments: through Heiberg's veil Reviel Netz; 4. John Philoponus and the conformity of mathematical proofs to Aristotelian demonstrations Orna Harari; 5. Contextualising Playfair and Colebrooke on proof and demonstration in the Indian mathematical tradition (1780–1820) Dhruv Raina; 6. Overlooking mathematical justifications in the Sanskrit tradition: the nuanced case of G. F. Thibaut Agathe Keller; 7. The logical Greek versus the imaginative Oriental: on the historiography of 'non-Western' mathematics during the period 1820–1920 François Charette; Part II. History of Mathematical Proof in Ancient Traditions: The Other Evidence: 8. The pluralism of Greek 'mathematics' Geoffrey Lloyd; 9. Generalizing about polygonal numbers in ancient Greek mathematics Ian Mueller; 10. Reasoning and symbolism in Diophantus: preliminary observations Reviel Netz; 11. Mathematical justification as non-conceptualized practice: the Babylonian example Jens Høyrup; 12. Interpretation of reverse algorithms in several Mesopotamian texts Christine Proust; 13. Reading proofs in Chinese commentaries: algebraic proofs in an algorithmic context Karine Chemla; 14. Dispelling mathematical doubts: assessing mathematical correctness of algorithms in Bhaskara's commentary on the mathematical chapter of the Aryabhatıya Agathe Keller; 15. Argumentation for state examinations: demonstration in traditional Chinese and Vietnamese mathematics Alexei Volkov; 16. A formal system of the Gougu method - a study on Li Rui's detailed outline of mathematical procedures for the right-angled triangle Tian Miao.
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Cambridge University Press Quantum Concepts in Physics An Alternative Approach to the Understanding of Quantum Mechanics
Book SynopsisWritten for advanced undergraduates, physicists, and historians and philosophers of physics, this book tells the story of the development of our understanding of quantum phenomena through the extraordinary years of the first three decades of the twentieth century. Rather than following the standard axiomatic approach, this book adopts a historical perspective, explaining clearly and authoritatively how pioneers such as Heisenberg, Schrodinger, Pauli and Dirac developed the fundamentals of quantum mechanics and merged them into a coherent theory, and why the mathematical infrastructure of quantum mechanics has to be as complex as it is. The author creates a compelling narrative, providing a remarkable example of how physics and mathematics work in practice. The book encourages an enhanced appreciation of the interaction between mathematics, theory and experiment, helping the reader gain a deeper understanding of the development and content of quantum mechanics than any other text at thiTrade Review'… a beautiful book … should be included in any respectable physics library.' Daniela Dragoman, Optics and Photonics NewsTable of ContentsPart I. The Discovery of Quanta: 1. Physics and theoretical physics in 1895; 2. Planck and black-body radiation; 3. Einstein and quanta, 1900–1911; Part II. The Old Quantum Theory: 4. The Bohr model of the hydrogen atom; 5. Sommerfield and Ehrenfest – generalising the Bohr model; 6. Einstein coefficients, Bohr's correspondence principle and the first selection rules; 7. Understanding atomic spectra – additional quantum numbers; 8. Bohr's model of the periodic table and the origin of spin; 9. The wave-particle duality; Part III. The Discovery of Quantum Mechanics; 10. The collapse of the old quantum theory and the seeds of its regeneration; 11. The Heisenberg breakthrough; 12. Matrix mechanics; 13. Dirac's quantum mechanics; 14. Schrödinger and wave mechanics; 15. Reconciling matrix and wave mechanics; 16. Spin and quantum statistics; 17. The interpretation of quantum mechanics; 18. The aftermath; 19. Epilogue; Indices.
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Cambridge University Press Quantum Nonlocality and Reality
Book SynopsisCombining twenty-six original essays written by distinguished physicists and philosophers of physics, this anthology reflects the latest thoughts of leading experts on the influence of Bell's theorem, making it an invaluable volume for students and researchers interested in the philosophy of physics and in the foundations of quantum mechanics.Trade Review'This anthology brims with affection for John Stewart Bell and illustrates a fascination with his eponymous theorem on quantum nonlocality … Over two-dozen authors have contributed chapters to this book, providing a wide scope of ideas about the fundamental physics of the theorem, and competing interpretations of its meaning and implications.' K. D. Fisher, Choice'Even though the book's four parts cover different topics, there is … no strict division of the papers. For example, recollections of Bell are not only in Part I … Many of the other papers contain recollections as well. … In addition, discussions on the nature of non-locality often go together with consideration of precise versions of quantum mechanics. … this is overall a very nice anthology, with high-level contributions. They cover a broad range of topics related to Bell's work … ranging from topics on locality to the structure of physical theories. The recollections provide good insight into Bell as a person. … The summaries of the contributions in the preface are well done. The contributors are a well-balanced mix of both physicists and philosophers. I warmly recommend this book to anyone interested in this important and fascinating aspect of the quantum world.' Ward Struyve, Notre Dame Philosophical ReviewsTable of ContentsPreface; Part I. John Stewart Bell: The Physicist: 1. John Bell: the Irish connection Andrew Whitaker; 2. Recollections of John Bell Michael Nauenberg; 3. John Bell: recollections of a great scientist and a great man Gian-Carlo Ghirardi; Part II. Bell's Theorem: 4. What did Bell really prove? Jean Bricmont; 5. The assumptions of Bell's proof Roderich Tumulka; 6. Bell on Bell's theorem: the changing face of nonlocality Harvey R. Brown and Christopher G. Timpson; 7. Experimental tests of Bell inequalities Marco Genovese; 8. Bell's theorem without inequalities: on the inception and scope of the GHZ theorem Olival Freire, Jr and Osvaldo Pessoa, Jr; 9. Strengthening Bell's theorem: removing the hidden-variable assumption Henry P. Stapp; Part III. Nonlocality: Illusions or Reality?: 10. Is any theory compatible with the quantum predictions necessarily nonlocal? Bernard d'Espagnat; 11. Local causality, probability and explanation Richard A. Healey; 12. Bell inequality and many-worlds interpretation Lev Vaidman; 13. Quantum solipsism and non-locality Travis Norsen; 14. Lessons of Bell's theorem: nonlocality, yes; action at a distance, not necessarily Wayne C. Myrvold; 15. Bell non-locality, Hardy's paradox and hyperplane dependence Gordon N. Fleming; 16. Some thoughts on quantum nonlocality and its apparent incompatibility with relativity Shan Gao; 17. A reasonable thing that just might work Daniel Rohrlich; 18. Weak values and quantum nonlocality Yakir Aharonov and Eliahu Cohen; Part IV. Nonlocal Realistic Theories: 19. Local beables and the foundations of physics Tim Maudlin; 20. John Bell's varying interpretations of quantum mechanics: memories and comments H. Dieter Zeh; 21. Some personal reflections on quantum non-locality and the contributions of John Bell Basil J. Hiley; 22. Bell on Bohm Sheldon Goldstein; 23. Interactions and inequality Philip Pearle; 24. Gravitation and the noise needed in objective reduction models Stephen L. Adler; 25. Towards an objective physics of Bell non-locality: palatial twistor theory Roger Penrose; 26. Measurement and macroscopicity: overcoming conceptual imprecision in quantum measurement theory Gregg Jaeger; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Astronomy Weather and Calendars in the Ancient World
Book SynopsisA clear and accessible account of a set of popular instruments and texts (parapegmata) used in antiquity for astronomical weather prediction and the regulation of day-to-day life. For the first time the sources are presented in full, with an accompanying translation and a new and comprehensive analysis.Trade Review'This is the first monograph on parapegmata in some time and the most comprehensive to date. … Lehoux has provided [an] exhaustive study … with an engaging discussion of the historical and intellectual implications of these sources. This work will be essential for anyone working on ancient astronomy, calendrics or related areas.' Journal of the History of Astronomy'… engagingly written, with occasional comparisons to varieties of popular weather forecasting in twentieth-century rural Canada … This book will deservedly become the fundamental source for its subject.' MetascienceTable of ContentsPart I. Parapegmata and Astrometeorology: 1. The rain in Attica falls mainly under Sagitta; 2. Spelt and Spica; 3. De signis; 4. When is thirty days not a month?; 5. Calendars, weather, and stars in Babylon; 6. Egyptian astrometeorology; 7. Conclusion; Part II. Sources: Catalogue of extant parapegmata; Extant parapegmata; Appendix 1. Authorities cited in parapegmata; Appendix 2. Tables of correspondence of parapegmata.
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Cambridge University Press Heisenberg in the Atomic Age Science And The Public Sphere Publications of the German Historical Institute
Book SynopsisThe end of the Second World War opened a new era for science in public life. Heisenberg in the Atomic Age explores the transformations of science's public presence in the postwar Federal Republic of Germany. It shows how Heisenberg's philosophical commentaries, circulating in the mass media, secured his role as science's public philosopher, and it reflects on his policy engagements and public political stands, which helped redefine the relationship between science and the state. With deep archival grounding, the book tracks Heisenberg's interactions with intellectuals from Heidegger to Habermas and political leaders from Adenauer to Brandt. It also traces his evolving statements about his wartime research on nuclear fission for the National Socialist regime. Working between the history of science and German history, the book's central theme is the place of scientific rationality in public life - after the atomic bomb, in the wake of the Third Reich.Trade Review'In this deeply researched and imaginatively conceived book, Carson authoritatively delineates Werner Heisenberg's influential role in the shaping of West Germany, integrating his engagements in politics, physics, and culture and revealing how his vision was shadowed by the history of the Third Reich. A must read for anyone interested in Heisenberg the man and the reconstruction of his country during the postwar years.' Daniel J. Kevles, Yale University'Heisenberg in the Atomic Age is a brilliant interpretation of the co-evolution of the scientist-intellectual and the public sphere in postwar West Germany. Historians have for decades examined Werner Heisenberg's path-breaking contribution to quantum mechanics and debated his scientific and moral roles in the Third Reich where he directed Germany's ill-fated atomic bomb project. Cathryn Carson is the first to examine in detail Heisenberg's equally important public role after 1945 when physics and politics mixed in a volatile combination over the issue of nuclear power, both civilian and military. At a time when the philosopher Jürgen Habermas was articulating his notion of the public sphere, Heisenberg's public discourse helped to shape how reason could be used to express dissent in West Germany's new parliamentary democracy. Written with élan and elegance and based on meticulous research and eye-opening interviews, Carson's refreshing study is required reading for anyone interested in postwar politics and society.' Kathryn M. Olesko, Georgetown University'Heisenberg in the Atomic Age is a remarkable book: authoritatively informative, deeply insightful, impressively erudite and sensitive, yet readily accessible. It offers wide-ranging new perspectives on Heisenberg and on the foundations and evolution of his physics, philosophy, politics and persona; on the culture, politics and science of pre and post World War II Germany; and on the atomic age and its intellectual-cultural battles. Altogether it sets new standards for biographical writing.' Silvan S. Schweber, Harvard University'Cathryn Carson has written a scientific and intellectual biography of Werner Heisenberg in the postwar age that complements and supplements David Cassidy's path-breaking work. Carson's methodological approach, and in particular her use of the concept of the 'public sphere,' is innovative and persuasive. Both the organization of the book and its prose are clear and straightforward, which make the book accessible. However, her intelligent and subtle analysis, argument, and use of sources are also intellectually challenging.' Mark Walker, Union College'Carson succeeds magnificently in interrelating the scientific persona of the most famous physicist in post-war Germany with his role in the process of reshaping German science and society for a democratic political order. Heisenberg is a landmark study in how scientists can and should participate in building the Habermasian public sphere of rational discussion and critical reflection.' Norton Wise, University of California, Los AngelesTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction: 1. Science and the public sphere; 2. Tracking Heisenberg; Part II. Culture: 3. The scientist as bildungsburger; 4. Physics as philosophy; 5. The culture of the vent; 6. Bildung als konsumgut: dilemmas of the literary public sphere; Part III. Politics: 7. Science, politics, and power: initial orientations; 8. A new research system; 9. Science policy in the atomic age; 10. Expansion and uncertainty; 11. Politics in the public sphere; 12. Speaking of the Third Reich: denazification; 13. Speaking of the Third Reich: war work; 14. Speaking of the Third Reich: into the public sphere; Part IV. Scientific Reason in the Public Sphere: 15. The public reach of reason after 1945; Epilogue.
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Cambridge University Press Robert Boyle and SeventeenthCentury Chemistry
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1958, this book places the life of Robert Boyle in the wider context of seventeenth-century chemistry. Boas includes extracts from Boyle's writings to illustrate how his ideas and discoveries on theoretical matters influenced and were influenced by contemporary developments in practical chemistry, particularly those of Lavoisier. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in chemistry and British contributions to science.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The making of a scientist; 2. The new chemistry; 3. Chemical and physical theories of matter; 4. The problem of chemical composition; 5. Chemical composition and chemical theory; 6. A digression on air; 7. Scientific method and chemical technique; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Life of Isaac Newton
Book SynopsisIsaac Newton was indisputably one of the greatest scientists in history. Richard Westfall captures in engaging detail both his private life and scientific career. An abridged version of his magisterial study Never at Rest (1980), this concise biography makes Westfall's highly acclaimed portrait of Newton newly accessible to general readers.Trade Review'Altogether, this book should be considered an indispensable acquisition for any intelligent reader's bookshelf …' Webb Society Quarterly Journal'… provides a masterly, well-documented summary of contemporary views of all the many facets of Newton's astoundingly wide-ranging career … and will be essential reading for aspiring Newtonian scholars.' Marie Boas Hall, Nature'… Westfall has organised his enormous task beautifully and done our most elusive worthy proud.' M. Ratcliffe, The Times'That this is the best biography of Newton is easily and truthfully said … surely no one is going to repeat Westfall's immense and shrewdly conducted task in this century at least.' New ScientistTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; A note about dates; 1. A sober, silent, thinking lad; 2. The solitary scholar; 3. Anni Mirabilis; 4. Lucasian professor; 5. Publication and crisis; 6. Rebellion; 7. Years of silence; 8. Principia; 9. Revolution; 10. The Mint; 11. President of the Royal Society; 12. The priority dispute; 13. Years of decline; Biographical essay; Index.
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Cambridge University Press GhostSeers Detectives and Spiritualists
Book SynopsisThis book is a study of the narrative techniques which developed for two very popular forms of fiction in the nineteenth century - ghost stories and detective stories - and the surprising similarities between them in the context of contemporary theories of vision and sight.Trade Review"Ghost-Seers, Detectives, an Spiritualists presents absorbing discussions of overlooked theories and diversifies our understanding of visual perception in the nineteenth century, especially as it applies to the popular literature of the period." --JournalTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Outer Vision, Inner Vision: Ghost-Seeing and Ghost Stories: 1. Contextualizing the ghost story; 2. The rise of optical apparitions; 3. Inner vision and spiritual optics; 4. 'Betwixt ancient faith and modern incredulity'; Part II. Seeing is Reading: Vision, Language, and Detective Fiction: 5. Visual learning: sight and Victorian epistemology; 6. Scopophilia and scopophobia: Poe's readerly flâneur; 7. Stains, smears, and visual language in The Moonstone; 8. Semiotics vs. encyclopedism: the case of Sherlock Holmes; Part III. Into the Invisible: Science, Spiritualism, and Occult Detection: 9. Detective fiction's uncanny; 10. Light, ether, and the invisible world; 11. Inner vision and occult detection: Le Fanu's Martin Hesselius; 12. Other dimensions, other worlds; 13. Psychic sleuths and soul doctors; Coda.
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Cambridge University Press James Clerk Maxwell A Commemoration Volume 18311931
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1931, this volume was created to mark the centenary of James Clerk Maxwell's birth. Comprised of ten essays dealing with various aspects of Maxwell's life and achievements, the text includes contributions from the following figures: J. J. Thomson; Max Planck; Albert Einstein; Joseph Larmor; James Jeans; William Garnett; Ambrose Fleming; Oliver Lodge; Richard Glazebrook; Horace Lamb. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Maxwell and his key role in the development of physics and mathematics.Table of Contents1. James Clerk Maxwell Sir J. J. Thomson; 2. Maxwell's influence on theoretical physics in Germany Max Planck; 3. Maxwell's influence on the development of the conception of physical reality Albert Einstein; 4. The scientific environment of Clerk Maxwell Sir J. Larmor; 5. James Clerk Maxwell's method Sir James Jeans; 6. Maxwell's laboratory William Garnett; 7. Some memories Sir Ambrose Fleming; 8. Clerk Maxwell and wireless telegraphy Sir Oliver Lodge; 9. Early days at the Cavendish laboratory Sir R. T. Glazebrook; 10. Clerk Maxwell as lecturer Sir H. Lamb.
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Cambridge University Press Ockhams Razors
Book SynopsisThe theory of Ockham's razor has a history dating back to Aristotle. In this book Elliott Sober presents a clear and multidimensional study of the various different incarnations of the theory including their history, the role which they play in several different sciences, and their importance to philosophical argumentation.Trade Review'Sober's treatment of the role of Ockham's razor in scientific methodology is, quite simply, the best that one can find in the philosophical literature today. With excursions into such diverse topics as model construction, Bayesian statistics, phylogenetic inference, philosophy of mind, and general philosophical methodology, readers of all stripes will find this book rewarding.' James M. Joyce, Cooper Harold Langford Collegiate Professor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor'Ockham's Razors is a great book that philosophers, scientists, and anyone else interested in reasoning about the empirical world would do well to read carefully.' Daniel Steel, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews'A flawless crash course in probability theory is expertly delivered at the outset, providing the casual reader with everything needed to grapple with the fairly technical discussions that follow.' Tom Graham, The Times Literary Supplement'I view this monograph as an ideal introduction to Sober's philosophy. This is helped by [his] clear and entertaining style of writing: Ockham's Razors is a pleasure to read. As such, I recommend the book to any graduate student with interests in the philosophy of science, the philosophy of probability or the philosophy of biology. Furthermore, the book is suitable for a graduate seminar on Ockham's razor and individual chapters can be used for specialist graduate courses in the philosophy of probability, the philosophy of biology and the philosophy of mind.' Bengt Autzen, Philosophy of Science'It is an impressive work - well worth reading for philosophers and scientists from a number of different fields and essential reading for philosophers of science interested in scientific epistemology.' Joel Velasco, MindTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. A history of parsimony in thin slices (from Aristotle to Morgan); 2. The probabilistic turn; 3. Parsimony in evolutionary biology - phylogenetic inference; 4. Parsimony in psychology - chimpanzee mind-reading; 5. Parsimony in philosophy; References.
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Cambridge University Press The Scientific Papers of the Honourable Henry Cavendish F. R. S
Book SynopsisHenry Cavendish (17311810) was an English scientist elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1760. First published in 1921, these volumes contain a collection of Cavedish's results from his many experiments. Volume 1 is a revised edition of James Clerk Maxwell's 1879 volume Electrical Researches of Henry Cavendish.Table of ContentsPreface Sir Joseph Larmor; Introduction; First published paper on electricity, 1771; Preliminary propositions; Appendix; Thoughts concerning electricity; Account of the experiments; Second published paper on electricity, 1776; Experiments in 1771; Experiments in 1772; Experiments in 1773; Measurers; Experiments with the artificial torpedo; Resistance to electricity; Results of comparisons of charges; Results on resistance; Notes by the editor, 1879 James Clerk Maxwell; Life of Cavendish Thomas Young; Index to Cavendish Manuscripts.
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Cambridge University Press History of the Royal Society From its Institution to the End of the Eighteenth Century Cambridge Library Collection Physical Sciences
Book SynopsisThe Royal Society has been dedicated to scientific inquiry since the seventeenth century. In 1811, Thomas Thomson (1773â1852), a pioneering chemistry teacher who was elected a fellow of the society in the same year, undertook the project of writing a history of the organisation's illustrious past. In this book, published in 1812, Thomson explains how the group began in 1645, initiated by men who met once a week to discuss natural philosophy and mathematics. They were eventually granted a royal charter by Charles II in 1662. The society grew in number and prestige, and began publishing research in its Philosophical Transactions in 1665. Thomson's work focuses particularly on the development of the group's many scientific areas of interest and summarises various papers it published. He also includes a full list of the fellowship, from the society's foundation to 1812, and a copy of the society's original charter.Table of ContentsPreface; Historical introduction; Book I. Natural History: 1. Of botany; 2. Of zoology; 3. Of mineralogy; 4. Of geography and topography; Book II. Of Mathematics; Book III. Of Mechanical Philosophy: 1. Of astronomy; 2. Of optics; 3. Of dynamics; 4. Of mechanics; 5. Of hydrodynamics; 6. Of acoustics; 7. Of navigation; 8. Of electricity; 9. Of magnetism; Book IV. Of Chemistry: 1. Of chemistry; 2. Of meteorology; 3. Of chemical arts and manufactures; Book V. Miscellaneous Articles: 1. Of weights and measures; 2. Of political arithmetic; 3. Of antiquities; 4. Miscellaneous articles; Appendix: 1. Charter of the Royal Society; 2. Patent, granting Chelsea to the Royal Society; 3. Minutes of the Royal Society respecting Newton; 4. List of the Fellows of the Royal Society; 5. The Patrons; and alphabetical list of the Fellows of the Royal Society; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Mathematical and Physical Papers Volume 1
Book SynopsisThis collection brings together in six volumes the published articles of the eminent mathematical physicist and engineer William Thomson, first Baron Kelvin (18241907). Topics covered include heat, electricity, magnetism and electrotelegraphy, hydrodynamics, tidal theory and navigation.Table of Contents; .
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Cambridge University Press Popular Lectures and Addresses
Book SynopsisWilliam Thomson, Baron Kelvin (18241907), was one of the most important Victorian scientists. These volumes collect together Kelvin's lectures for a wider audience. Volume 1 includes talks about the constitution of matter and basic topics in physics such as light, heat, electricity and gravity.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Capillary action; 2. Electrical units of measurement; 3. The sorting demon of Maxwell; 4. Elasticity viewed as possibly a mode of motion; 5. The size of atoms; 6. Steps towards a kinetic theory of matter; 7. The six gateways of knowledge; 8. The wave theory of light; 9. On the age of the sun's heat; 10. On the sun's heat; 11. Electrical measurement; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Reprint of Papers on Electrostatics and Magnetism
Book SynopsisThis corrected 1884 edition of Kelvin's papers on electrostatics and magnetism includes all his work on these subjects previously published as articles. Kelvin also wrote several new items to fill gaps in this collection, so that its coverage of the state of electromagnetic research in the late nineteenth century is comprehensive.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. On the uniform motion of heat in homogeneous solid bodies, and its connexion with the mathematical theory of electricity; 2. On the mathematical theory of electricity in equilibrium I; 3. On the electrostatical capacity of a Leyden phial and of a telegraph wire insulated in the axis of a cylindrical conducting sheath; 4. On the mathematical theory of electricity in equilibrium II; 5. On the mathematical theory of electricity in equilibrium III; 6. On the mutual attraction or repulsion between two electrified spherical conductors; 7. On the attractions of conducting and non-conducting electrified bodies; 8. Demonstration of a fundamental proposition in the mechanical theory of electricity; 9. Note on induced magnetism in a plate; 10. Sur une propriété de la couche électrique en équilibre à la surface d'un corps conducteur; 11. On certain definite integrals suggested by problems in the theory of electricity; 12. Propositions in the theory of attraction; 13. Theorems with reference to the solution of certain partial differential equations; 14. Electrical images; 15. Determination of the distribution of electricity on a circular segment of plane or spherical conducting surface, under any given influence; 16. Atmospheric electricity; 17. Sound produced by the discharge of a condenser; 18. Measurement of the electrostatic force produced by a Daniell's battery; 19. Measurement of the electromotive force required to produce a spark in air between parallel metal plates at different distances; 20. Report on electrometers and electrostatic measurements; 21. Atmospheric electricity; 22. New proof of contact electricity; 23. Electrophoric apparatus and illustrations of voltaic theory; 24. A mathematical theory of magnetism: i. Preliminary definitions and explanations; ii. On the laws of magnetic force, and on the distribution of magnetism in magnetized matter; iii. On the imaginary magnetic matter by means of which the polarity of a magnetized body may be represented; iv. Determination of the mutual actions between any given portions of magnetized matter; v. On solenoidal and lamellar distributions of magnetism; vi. On electromagnets; 25. On the potential of a closed galvanic circuit of any form; 26. On the mechanical values of distributions of matter and of magnets; 27. Hydrokinetic analogy; 28. Inverse problems; 29. On the electric currents by which the phenomena of terrestrial magnetism may be produced; 30. On the theory of magnetic induction in crystalline and non-crystalline substances; 31. Magnetic permeability and analogues in electrostatic induction, conduction of heat and fluid motion; 32. Diagrams of lines of force, to illustrate magnetic permeability; 33. On the forces experienced by small spheres under magnetic influence, and on some of the phenomena presented by diamagnetic substances; 34. Remarks on the forces experienced by inductively magnetized ferromagnetic or diamagnetic non-crystalline substances; 35. Abstract of two communications; 36. Remarques sur les oscillations d'aiguilles non cristallisées de faible pouvoir inductif paramangétique ou diamagnétique, et sur d'autres phénomênes magnétiques produits par des corps cristallisés ou non cristallisés; 37. Elementary demonstration of propositions in the theory of magnetic force; 38. Correspondence with Professor Tyndall; 39. Inductive susceptibility of a polar magnet; 40. General problem of magnetic induction; 41. Hydrokinetic analogy for the magnetic influence of an ideal extreme diamagnetic; 42. General hydrokinetic analogy for induced magnetism.
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Cambridge University Press Linnaeus
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1923, this biography of Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus (170778) is an English translation and adaptation from a Swedish work published twenty years previously. Its editor and translator, a British botanist and general secretary of the Linnean Society, contributes his own additional material in the appendices.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Birth, parentage and childhood - residence at Växjö and Lund University; 2. Early student years at Uppsala; 3. Journey to Lapland; 4. Last student years at Uppsala; 5. Linnaeus as member of the Småland's nation at Uppsala - asserted intrigues against Linnaeus - Christmas at Falun, 1734–5 - journey abroad; 6. Residence abroad - return to Sweden; 7. Residence in Stockholm - appointment as Professor at Uppsala; 8. Journeys in Sweden on public commission; 9. Linné as teacher: his pupils and relations with them; 10. Linné as administrator of the Botanic Garden and Museum; 11. Linné as member of the Medical Faculty and his relations with the Medical College; 12. Linné as member of the Consistory; 13. Linné's relation to the scientific community - authorship and scientific correspondence - inspectorate of Småland's nation; 14. Linné's benefactors and friends; 15. Linné as private person and his family relations; 16. Linné's last years and death. His scientific remains - his scientific importance; Appendices: 1. Linné's autobiographies; 2. Genealogical tables; 3. Linné's pupils; 4. Extracts from his Nemesis Divina; 5. List of Swedish titles, money and distances; 6. Sketch of Swedish history during Linné's lifetime; 7. Select bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Recollections and Reflections
Book SynopsisNobel Prize winner Sir Joseph John Thomson (18581940), discoverer of the electron, was one of the most important Cambridge physicists of the later nineteenth and first half of the twentieth centuries. This 1936 memoir gives a fascinating picture of Cambridge scientific research during the period 18761936.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Boyhood and Owens College; 2. Undergraduate days: Cambridge then and now; 3. Cambridge, 1879–84; 4. The Cavendish Laboratory - and Professorship of Experimental Physics; 5. Psychical research; 6. First and second visits to America, 1869, 1903; 7. Visits to Canada and Berlin; 8. War work - Cambridge during the war; 9. Visit to America in 1923; 10. Some Trinity men; 11. Discharge of electricity through gases; the discovery of the electron; positive rays; 12. Physics in my time; Appendix; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Animal Kingdom Volume 1 The Class Mammalia 1 Arranged in Conformity with its Organization Cambridge Library Collection Zoology
Book SynopsisGeorges Cuvier (1769â1832), made a peer of France in 1819 in recognition of his work, was perhaps the most important European scientist of his day. His most famous work, Le RÃgne Animal, was published in French in 1817; Edward Griffith (1790â1858), a solicitor and amateur naturalist, embarked on in 1824, with a team of colleagues, an English version which resulted in this illustrated sixteen-volume edition with additional material, published between 1827 and 1835. Cuvier was the first biologist to compare the anatomy of fossil animals with living species, and he named the now familiar 'mastodon' and 'megatherium'. However, his studies convinced him that the evolutionary theories of Lamarck and St Hilaire were wrong, and his influence on the scientific world was such that the possibility of evolution was widely discounted by many scholars both before and after Darwin. Volume 1 is the first of four books on mammals.Table of ContentsPreface; Preliminary sketch of the rise and progress of zoology; Introduction; The vertebrated animals; Order Bimana; Supplemental history of man; Order Quadrumana.
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Cambridge University Press The Animal Kingdom Volume 2 The Class Mammalia 2 Arranged in Conformity with its Organization Cambridge Library Collection Zoology
Book SynopsisGeorges Cuvier (1769â1832), made a peer of France in 1819 in recognition of his work, was perhaps the most important European scientist of his day. His most famous work, Le RÃgne Animal, was published in French in 1817; Edward Griffith (1790â1858), a solicitor and amateur naturalist, embarked on in 1824, with a team of colleagues, an English version which resulted in this illustrated sixteen-volume edition with additional material, published between 1827 and 1835. Cuvier was the first biologist to compare the anatomy of fossil animals with living species, and he named the now familiar 'mastodon' and 'megatherium'. However, his studies convinced him that the evolutionary theories of Lamarck and St Hilaire were wrong, and his influence on the scientific world was such that the possibility of evolution was widely discounted by many scholars both before and after Darwin. Volume 2 is the second of four books on mammals.Table of ContentsOrder Carnassier.
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Cambridge University Press The Animal Kingdom Volume 8 The Class Eves 3 Arranged in Conformity with its Organization Cambridge Library Collection Zoology
Book SynopsisGeorges Cuvier (1769â1832), made a peer of France in 1819 in recognition of his work, was perhaps the most important European scientist of his day. His most famous work, Le RÃgne Animal, was published in French in 1817; Edward Griffith (1790â1858), a solicitor and amateur naturalist, embarked on in 1824, with a team of colleagues, an English version which resulted in this illustrated sixteen-volume edition with additional material, published between 1827 and 1835. Cuvier was the first biologist to compare the anatomy of fossil animals with living species, and he named the now familiar 'mastodon' and 'megatherium'. However, his studies convinced him that the evolutionary theories of Lamarck and St Hilaire were wrong, and his influence on the scientific world was such that the possibility of evolution was widely discounted by many scholars both before and after Darwin. Volume 8 is the third of three books on birds.Table of ContentsOrder Gallinae; Order Grallae; Oder Palmipedes.
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Cambridge University Press The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with its Organization Volume 15 Cambridge Library Collection Zoology
Book SynopsisGeorges Cuvier (1769â1832), made a peer of France in 1819 in recognition of his work, was perhaps the most important European scientist of his day. His most famous work, Le RÃgne Animal, was published in French in 1817; Edward Griffith (1790â1858), a solicitor and amateur naturalist, embarked on in 1824, with a team of colleagues, an English version which resulted in this illustrated sixteen-volume edition with additional material, published between 1827 and 1835. Cuvier was the first biologist to compare the anatomy of fossil animals with living species, and he named the now familiar 'mastodon' and 'megatherium'. However, his studies convinced him that the evolutionary theories of Lamarck and St Hilaire were wrong, and his influence on the scientific world was such that the possibility of evolution was widely discounted by many scholars both before and after Darwin. Volume 15 is the second of two covering insects.Table of ContentsOrder Coleoptera (continued); Order Orthoptera; Order Hemiptera; Order Neuroptera; Order Hymenoptera; Order Lepidoptera; Order Rhipiptera; Orderdiptera; Index of plates.
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Cambridge University Press Experimental Researches in Electricity Volume 1 Cambridge Library Collection Physical Sciences
Book SynopsisOriginally apprenticed to a bookbinder, Michael Faraday (1791â1867) began to attend Sir Humphrey Davy's chemistry lectures purely out of interest. Although he soon recognised that science would be his vocation, there was no defined career path to follow, and when he applied to Davy for work he was gently told to 'attend to the bookbinding'. It was only after a laboratory explosion in which Davy partially lost his sight that Faraday was taken on as his amanuensis. From this difficult beginning stemmed perhaps the most famous scientific career of the nineteenth century. This three-volume collection of Faraday's papers provides a comprehensive record of a key branch of his work. Volume 1, reissued here in a second edition of 1849, covers his early work in electricity and magnetism, including papers on lightning, electric fish, and notes on the elaborate and often beautiful experiments conducted to investigate whether magnetism could produce electricity.Table of Contents1. Induction of electric currents; 2. Terrestrial magneto-electric induction; 3. Identity of electricities from different sources; 4. New law of electric conduction; 5. Electro-chemical decomposition; 6. Power of platina, etc. to induce combination; 7. Electro-chemical decomposition continued; 8. Electricity of the voltaic pile; 9. Induction of a current on itself; 10. Improved voltaic battery; 11. On static induction; 12. Conduction or conductive discharge; 13. Disruptive discharge as glow; 14. Nature of the electric force or forces.
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Cambridge University Press Experimental Researches in Electricity Volume 2 Cambridge Library Collection Physical Sciences
Book SynopsisOriginally apprenticed to a bookbinder, Michael Faraday (1791â1867) began to attend Sir Humphrey Davy's chemistry lectures purely out of interest. Although he soon recognised that science would be his vocation, there was no defined career path to follow, and when he applied to Davy for work he was gently told to 'attend to the bookbinding'. It was only after a laboratory explosion in which Davy partially lost his sight that Faraday was taken on as his amanuensis. From this difficult beginning stemmed perhaps the most famous scientific career of the nineteenth century. This three-volume collection of Faraday's papers provides a comprehensive record of a key branch of his work. Volume 2, first published in 1844, includes essays on the illusions caused by lightning, the chemistry of a voltaic pile, and his defence against accusations that the idea behind his electromagnetic motor was stolen from another physicist.Table of Contents15. On the character and direction of the electric force of the Gymnotus; 16. On the source of power in the voltaic pile; 17. The exciting chemical force affected by temperature; 18. On the electricity evolved by the friction of water and steam against other bodies.
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Cambridge University Press Experimental Researches in Electricity Volume 3 Cambridge Library Collection Physical Sciences
Book SynopsisOriginally apprenticed to a bookbinder, Michael Faraday (1791â1867) began to attend Sir Humphrey Davy's chemistry lectures purely out of interest. Although he soon recognised that science would be his vocation, there was no defined career path to follow, and when he applied to Davy for work he was gently told to 'attend to the bookbinding'. It was only after a laboratory explosion in which Davy partially lost his sight that Faraday was taken on as his amanuensis. From this difficult beginning stemmed perhaps the most famous scientific career of the nineteenth century. This three-volume collection of Faraday's papers provides a comprehensive record of a key branch of his work. Volume 3, first published in 1855, includes his landmark paper on the effect of magnetism on light (known now as the Faraday Effect), work on the chemical implications of magnetism, and a fascinating speculation on a link between electricity and gravity.Table of Contents19. On the magnetization of light and the illumination of magnetic lines of force; 20. On new magnetic actions, and on the magnetic condition of all matter; 21. Action of magnets on the magnetic metals and their compounds; 22. On the crystalline polarity of bismuth; 23. On the polar or other condition of diamagnetic bodies; 24. On the possible relation of gravity to electricity; 25. On the magnetic and diamagnetic condition of bodies; 26. Magnetic conduction power; 27. Experimental enquiry into the laws of atmospheric magnetic action; 28. On lines of magnetic force; 29. On the employment of the induced magneto-electric current as a test and measure of magnetic forces.
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Cambridge University Press Flora Atlantica
Book SynopsisFrench botanist René Louiche Desfontaines (17501833) spent two years collecting specimens in North Africa. First published in 17989, Flora atlantica is a Latin catalogue of these specimens. This lavishly illustrated second edition appeared in four volumes in 1800. This reissue combines the two volumes of plates into one.Table of ContentsPlates 1-261.
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