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Purrington, Robert D.

The First Professional Scientist

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Table of contents

1. Restoring Robert Hooke

2. Robert Hooke, Indefaticable Genius: Hooke and London

3.
Promoting Physico-Mathematical-Experimental Learning: Founding the Royal Society of London

4. Society of the Muses: The First Decade

5. Crisis and Consolidation: 1672–1687

6. The Society After the Principia: 1688–1703

7. Scientific Virtuoso: Hooke 1655–1687

8.
And all was Light: Hooke and Newton on Light and Color

9. The Nature of Things Themselves: Robert Hooke, Natural Philosopher

10. The System of the World: Hooke and Universal Gravitation, the Inverse-square Law, and Planetary Orbits

11. The Omnipotence of the Creator: Robert Hooke, Astronomer

12. The Last Remain: Hooke After the Principa, 1687–1703

13. Epilogue

Nyckelord: Science, general, History of Science

Författare
Utgivare
Springer
Utgivningsår
2009
Språk
en
Utgåva
1
Serie
Science Networks. Historical Studies
Sidantal
300 sidor
Kategorier
Naturvetenskaper
 
Teknologi, energi, trafik
Format
E-bok
eISBN (PDF)
9783034600378

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