1.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00007569

Autore

SIMON, Reeva S.

Titolo

Meccan trade and Islam / R. Simon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Budapest, : Bibliotheca Orietalis Hungarica, 1989

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910970347403321

Autore

Herschel John F. W (John Frederick William), <1792-1871.>

Titolo

A preliminary discourse on the study of natural philosophy / / John F.W. Herschel ; with a new foreword by Arthur Fine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 1987

ISBN

9786612904592

9781282904590

1282904590

9780226327785

0226327787

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 pages)

Classificazione

NU 1500

Altri autori (Persone)

FineArthur

Disciplina

501

Soggetti

Science - Philosophy

Science - History

Physics - History

Astronomy - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reprint. Originally published: London : Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and J. Taylor, 1830. (The Cabinet cyclopaedia ; v. 1).

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Of the general nature and advantages of the study of the physical



sciences -- pt. 2. Of the principles on which physical science relies for its successful prosecution, and the rules by which a systematic examination of nature should be conducted, with illustrations of their influence as exemplified in the history of its progress -- pt. 3. Of the subdivision of physics into distinct branches, and their mutual relations.

Sommario/riassunto

Originally published in 1830, this book can be called the first modern work in the philosophy of science, covering an extraordinary range of philosophical, methodological, and scientific subjects. "Herschel's book . . . brilliantly analyzes both the history and nature of science."-Keith Stewart Thomson, American Scientist