The Invention Of Physical Science

Author : M.J. Nye,J. Richards,R. Stuewer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401124881

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The Invention of Physical Science by M.J. Nye,J. Richards,R. Stuewer Pdf

Modern physical science is constituted by specialized scientific fields rooted in experimental laboratory work and in rational and mathematical representations. Contemporary scientific explanation is rigorously differentiated from religious interpretation, although, to be sure, scientists sometimes do the philosophical work of interpreting the metaphysics of space, time, and matter. However, it is rare that either theologians or philosophers convincingly claim that they are doing the scientific work of physical scientists and mathematicians. The rigidity of these divisions and differentiations is relatively new. Modern physical science was invented slowly and gradually through interactions of the aims and contents of mathematics, theology, and natural philosophy since the seventeenth century. In essays ranging in focus from seventeenth-century interpretations of heavenly comets to twentieth-century explanations of tracks in bubble chambers, ten historians of science demonstrate metaphysical and theological threads continuing to underpin the epistemology and practice of the physical sciences and mathematics, even while they became disciplinary specialties during the last three centuries. The volume is prefaced by tributes to Erwin N. Hiebert, whose teaching and scholarship have addressed and inspired attention to these issues.

Author : M.J. Nye,J. Richards,Roger H. Stuewer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1992-09-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780792317531

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The Invention of Physical Science by M.J. Nye,J. Richards,Roger H. Stuewer Pdf

Modern physical science is constituted by specialized scientific fields rooted in experimental laboratory work and in rational and mathematical representations. Contemporary scientific explanation is rigorously differentiated from religious interpretation, although, to be sure, scientists sometimes do the philosophical work of interpreting the metaphysics of space, time, and matter. However, it is rare that either theologians or philosophers convincingly claim that they are doing the scientific work of physical scientists and mathematicians. The rigidity of these divisions and differentiations is relatively new. Modern physical science was invented slowly and gradually through interactions of the aims and contents of mathematics, theology, and natural philosophy since the seventeenth century. In essays ranging in focus from seventeenth-century interpretations of heavenly comets to twentieth-century explanations of tracks in bubble chambers, ten historians of science demonstrate metaphysical and theological threads continuing to underpin the epistemology and practice of the physical sciences and mathematics, even while they became disciplinary specialties during the last three centuries. The volume is prefaced by tributes to Erwin N. Hiebert, whose teaching and scholarship have addressed and inspired attention to these issues.

Author : Edward Grant
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521292948

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Physical Science in the Middle Ages by Edward Grant Pdf

This concise introduction to the history of physical science in the Middle Ages begins with a description of the feeble state of early medieval science and its revitalization during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, as evidenced by the explosion of knowledge represented by extensive translations of Greek and Arabic treatises. The content and concepts that came to govern science from the late twelfth century onwards were powerfully shaped and dominated by the science and philosophy of Aristotle. It is, therefore, by focussing attention on problems and controversies associated with Aristotelian science that the reader is introduced to the significant scientific developments and interpretations formulated in the later Middle Ages. The concluding chapter presents a new interpretation of the medieval failure to abandon the physics and cosmology of Aristotle and explains why, despite serious criticisms, they were not generally repudiated during this period. As detailed critical bibliography completes the work.

Author : John A. Cramer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2001-08-27
Category : Physics
ISBN : 059519754X

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A Brief History of Physical Science by John A. Cramer Pdf

Why do we think matter is made of atoms and the Earth goes around the Sun? How big is the universe? Did it have a beginning or is it eternal? Is heat a fluid or just the random motion of molecules? Is light made of particles or is it a fluid or maybe something else? This book answers these questions and many more as it traces the development of our modern scientific understanding of the physical world. The historical approach allows us to see not only how the content of the modern physical sciences was formed but also how cultural, philosophical, and religious influences and attitudes have played a major role in that development.

Author : Harry Varvoglis
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319042923

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History and Evolution of Concepts in Physics by Harry Varvoglis Pdf

Our understanding of nature, and in particular of physics and the laws governing it, has changed radically since the days of the ancient Greek natural philosophers. This book explains how and why these changes occurred, through landmark experiments as well as theories that - for their time - were revolutionary. The presentation covers Mechanics, Optics, Electromagnetism, Thermodynamics, Relativity Theory, Atomic Physics and Quantum Physics. The book places emphasis on ideas and on a qualitative presentation, rather than on mathematics and equations. Thus, although primarily addressed to those who are studying or have studied science, it can also be read by non-specialists. The author concludes with a discussion of the evolution and organization of universities, from ancient times until today, and of the organization and dissemination of knowledge through scientific publications and conferences.

Author : Christopher B. Kaiser
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004474116

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Creational Theology and the History of Physical Science: The Creationist Tradition from Basil to Bohr by Christopher B. Kaiser Pdf

This volume documents the role of creational theology in discussions of natural philosophy, medicine and technology from the Hellenistic period to the early twentieth century. Four principal themes are the comprehensibility of the world, the unity of heaven and earth, the relative autonomy of nature, and the ministry of healing. Successive chapters focus on Greco-Roman science, medieval Aristotelianism, early modern science, the heritage of Isaac Newton, and post-Newtonian mechanics. The volume will interest historians of science and historians of the idea of creation. It simultaneously details the persistence of tradition and the emergence of modernity and provides the historical background for later discussions of creation and evolution.

Author : Michio Kaku
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780141931395

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Physics of the Future by Michio Kaku Pdf

The international bestselling author of Physics of the Impossible gives us a stunning and provocative vision of the future Based on interviews with over three hundred of the world's top scientists, who are already inventing the future in their labs, Kaku-in a lucid and engaging fashion-presents the revolutionary developments in medicine, computers, quantum physics, and space travel that will forever change our way of life and alter the course of civilization itself. His astonishing revelations include: The Internet will be in your contact lens. It will recognize people's faces, display their biographies, and even translate their words into subtitles. You will control computers and appliances via tiny sensors that pick up your brain scans. You will be able to rearrange the shape of objects. Sensors in your clothing, bathroom, and appliances will monitor your vitals, and nanobots will scan your DNA and cells for signs of danger, allowing life expectancy to increase dramatically. Radically new spaceships, using laser propulsion, may replace the expensive chemical rockets of today. You may be able to take an elevator hundreds of miles into space by simply pushing the "up" button. Like Physics of the Impossible and Visions before it, Physics of the Future is an exhilarating, wondrous ride through the next one hundred years of breathtaking scientific revolution. Internationally acclaimed physicist Dr Michio Kaku holds the Henry Semat Chair in Theoretical Physics at the City University of New York. He is also an international bestselling author, his books including Hyperspace and Parallel Worlds, and a distinguished writer, having featured in Time, the Wall Street Journal, the Sunday Times and the New Scientist to name but a few. Dr Kaku also hosts his own radio show, 'Science Fantastic', and recently presented the BBC's popular series 'Time'.

Author : David C. Lindberg,Mary Jo Nye,Roy Porter,Ronald L. Numbers
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0521571995

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The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 5, The Modern Physical and Mathematical Sciences by David C. Lindberg,Mary Jo Nye,Roy Porter,Ronald L. Numbers Pdf

A new and comprehensive examination of the history of the modern physical and mathematical sciences.

Author : Peter Louis Galison,Michael Gordin,David Kaiser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Physics
ISBN : 0415937167

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Science and Society by Peter Louis Galison,Michael Gordin,David Kaiser Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Physics and Astronomy,Physics Survey Overview Committee
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2001-07-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309073424

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Physics in a New Era by National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Physics and Astronomy,Physics Survey Overview Committee Pdf

Physics at the beginning of the twenty-first century has reached new levels of accomplishment and impact in a society and nation that are changing rapidly. Accomplishments have led us into the information age and fueled broad technological and economic development. The pace of discovery is quickening and stronger links with other fields such as the biological sciences are being developed. The intellectual reach has never been greater, and the questions being asked are more ambitious than ever before. Physics in a New Era is the final report of the NRC's six-volume decadal physics survey. The book reviews the frontiers of physics research, examines the role of physics in our society, and makes recommendations designed to strengthen physics and its ability to serve important needs such as national security, the economy, information technology, and education.

Author : Edited by: Kisak
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 151919837X

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A Brief History of Physics by Edited by: Kisak Pdf

Physics is the fundamental branch of science that developed out of the study of nature and philosophy known, until around the end of the 19th century, as "natural philosophy." Today, physics is ultimately defined as the study of matter, energy and the relationships between them. Physics is, in some senses, the oldest and most basic pure science; its discoveries find applications throughout the natural sciences, since matter and energy are the basic constituents of the natural world. The other sciences are generally more limited in their scope and may be considered branches that have split off from physics to become sciences in their own right. Physics today may be divided loosely into classical physics and modern physics. Elements of what became physics were drawn primarily from the fields of astronomy, optics, and mechanics, which were methodologically united through the study of geometry. These mathematical disciplines began in antiquity with the Babylonians and with Hellenistic writers such as Archimedes and Ptolemy. Ancient philosophy, meanwhile - including what was called "physics" - focused on explaining nature through ideas such as Aristotle's four types of "cause."

Author : Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.),Ellwood Hendrick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Inventions
ISBN : UOM:39015026480437

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Modern Views of Physical Science by Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.),Ellwood Hendrick Pdf

Author : John A. Cramer
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781300065685

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A Brief History of Physical Science ed.2 by John A. Cramer Pdf

Author : William Cecil Dampier Sir Dampier, 186
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1363703803

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RECENT DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSICAL by William Cecil Dampier Sir Dampier, 186 Pdf

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Author : Edwin Arthur Burtt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317829812

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The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science by Edwin Arthur Burtt Pdf

This is Volume III of six in a series on the Philosophy of Science. Originally published in 1924, this book presents a historical and critical essay on Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science.