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200 12$aA preliminary discourse on the study of natural philosophy$b[electronic resource] /$fJohn F.W. Herschel ; with a new foreword by Arthur Fine
210   $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d1987
215   $a1 online resource (401 p.)
300   $aReprint. Originally published: London : Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and J. Taylor, 1830. (The Cabinet cyclopaedia ; v. 1).
300   $aIncludes index.
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327   $apt. 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.
330   $aOriginally 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
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