Victorian relativity [[electronic resource] ] : radical thought and scientific discovery / / Christopher Herbert
| Victorian relativity [[electronic resource] ] : radical thought and scientific discovery / / Christopher Herbert |
| Autore | Herbert Christopher |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (319 p.) |
| Disciplina | 115 |
| Soggetto topico |
Relativity - History - 19th century
Knowledge, Theory of - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-90193-1
9786612901935 0-226-32736-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- PREFACE: Relativity and Ideology -- INTRODUCTION. The Conspiracy against Truth -- Chapter 1. Difference, Unity, Proliferation -- Chapter 2. Relativity and Authority -- Chapter 3. The Relativity of Logic -- Chapter 4. Karl Pearson and the Human Form Divine -- Chapter 5. Frazer and Einstein -- Afterword: Protagoras and History-Writing -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459759503321 |
Herbert Christopher
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2001 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Victorian relativity [[electronic resource] ] : radical thought and scientific discovery / / Christopher Herbert
| Victorian relativity [[electronic resource] ] : radical thought and scientific discovery / / Christopher Herbert |
| Autore | Herbert Christopher |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (319 p.) |
| Disciplina | 115 |
| Soggetto topico |
Relativity - History - 19th century
Knowledge, Theory of - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto non controllato | relativity, relativism, victorian, science, religion, faith, truth, authority, objectivity, negation, absolutes, reform, authoritarianism, einstein, james frazer, karl pearson, ws jevons, wk clifford, alexander bain, charles darwin, herbert spencer, knowledge, ideology, logic, proliferation, difference, unity, social change, nonfiction, philosophy, politics, history |
| ISBN |
1-282-90193-1
9786612901935 0-226-32736-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- PREFACE: Relativity and Ideology -- INTRODUCTION. The Conspiracy against Truth -- Chapter 1. Difference, Unity, Proliferation -- Chapter 2. Relativity and Authority -- Chapter 3. The Relativity of Logic -- Chapter 4. Karl Pearson and the Human Form Divine -- Chapter 5. Frazer and Einstein -- Afterword: Protagoras and History-Writing -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785334403321 |
Herbert Christopher
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2001 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Victorian relativity : radical thought and scientific discovery / / Christopher Herbert
| Victorian relativity : radical thought and scientific discovery / / Christopher Herbert |
| Autore | Herbert Christopher |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (319 p.) |
| Disciplina | 115 |
| Soggetto topico |
Relativity - History - 19th century
Knowledge, Theory of - History - 19th century |
| ISBN |
9786612901935
9781282901933 1282901931 9780226327365 0226327361 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- PREFACE: Relativity and Ideology -- INTRODUCTION. The Conspiracy against Truth -- Chapter 1. Difference, Unity, Proliferation -- Chapter 2. Relativity and Authority -- Chapter 3. The Relativity of Logic -- Chapter 4. Karl Pearson and the Human Form Divine -- Chapter 5. Frazer and Einstein -- Afterword: Protagoras and History-Writing -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910960372203321 |
Herbert Christopher
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2001 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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