John Frederick Herschel

A Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This landmark work sets out the principles and methods of scientific investigation, both at the theoretical and the practical level.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 546g
• ISBN-13: 9781108000178
• ISBN-10: 1108000177
• Artikelnr.: 26827369

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Of the General Nature and Advantages of the Study of Physical Sciences: 1. Of man
2. Of abstract science
3. Of the nature and objects
Part II. 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: 4. Of experience
5. Of the analysis of phenomena
6. Of the state of physical science in general
7. Of the observation of facts and the collection of instances
8. Of the classification of natural objects and phenomena
9. Of the first stage of induction
10. Of the higher degrees of inductive generalisation
Part III. Of the Subdivision of Physics into Distinct Branches, and their Mutual Relations: 11. Of the phenomena of forces
12. Of the communication of motion through bodies
13. Of cosmical phenomena
14. Of the examination of the material constituents of the world
15. Of the imponderable forms of matter
16. Of the causes of the actual rapid advance of the physical sciences.