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050 00 $aQC252$b.M23 2004
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100 1 $aMcCormmach, Russell.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81068794
245 10 $aSpeculative truth :$bHenry Cavendish, natural philosophy, and the rise of modern theoretical science /$cRussell McCormmach.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2004.
300 $aviii, 258 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [195]-252) and index.
505 00 $gPt. 1.$tNatural Philosophy --$g1.$tNatural Philosophers --$g2.$tPhilosophies --$g3.$tTheories --$gPt. 2.$tA Great Question --$g4.$tHistorical Setting of Heat and Mechanics --$g5.$tHenry Cavendish's Researches --$g6.$tThe Mechanical Theory of Heat --$g7.$tThe Question --$gApp.$tHenry Cavendish's Manuscript on the Mechanical theory of Heat.
520 1 $a"Speculative Truth: Henry Cavendish, Natural Philosophy, and the Rise of Modern Theoretical Science consists of two major parts. In the first, Russell McCormmach writes a detailed biography and commentary on Lord Henry Cavendish, the pioneering British physicist active in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries who, in the modern sense, is widely considered the first full-time scientist. The second is the inaugural full text publication of Cavendish's long-missing paper that reveals for the first time his theory of heat. Founded upon the principle of the conservation of energy, and upon the identification of heat with the vibrations of the interior parts of bodies, this theory would not be surpassed for over half a century. Cavendish wrote it for publication, but for unknown reasons withheld this work. In treating Cavendish's thinking McCormmach offers a window into natural philosophy, its character, goals, possibilities, and limitations. At once a contribution to a growing body of scholarship on natural philosophy and an analysis of theoretical research, Speculative Truth yields a fascinating view and discourse on the rise of scientific attitudes and ways of knowing - virtually the birth of modern science."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aCavendish, Henry,$d1731-1810.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86866622
650 0 $aHeat$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aPhysics$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aChemists$zGreat Britain$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009118871
852 00 $bmat$hQC252$i.M23 2004