Epistemology and Natural Philosophy in the 18th Century: The Roots of Modern Physics 9783030528515

Vegetative Powers: The Roots of Life in Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern Natural Philosophy 9783030697082, 9783030697099

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The Science of Nature in the Seventeenth Century: Patterns of Change in Early Modern Natural Philosophy (Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 19) 1402036035, 9781402036033

One of the hallmarks of the modern world has been the stunning rise of the natural sciences. The exponential expansion o

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A History of Science Technology and Philosophy in the 18th Century (Routledge Revivals) 9780367181338, 9780429059667

Published in 1938: The new volume presents a full and profusely illustrated account of progress made during the eighteen

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The Unknowable in Early Modern Thought: Natural Philosophy and the Poetics of the Ineffable 1503635392, 9781503635395

Early modern thought was haunted by the unknowable character of the fallen world. The sometimes brilliant and sometimes

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Electricity in the 17th and 18th Centuries: A Study in Early Modern Physics [1.0] 9780520334595

cited in Assis's intro. to [*Coulomb’s Memoirs on Torsion, Electricity, and Magnetism Translated into English*](htt

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The Modern Venus: Dress, Underwear and Accessories in the Late 18th-Century Atlantic World 9781350293380, 1350293385

From rumps and stays to muffs and handkerchiefs, underwear and accessories were critical components of the 18th-century

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The Modern Venus: Dress, Underwear and Accessories in the Late 18th-Century Atlantic World 9781350293380, 1350293385

From rumps and stays to muffs and handkerchiefs, underwear and accessories were critical components of the 18th-century

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Chaos and Cosmos: Literary Roots of Modern Ecology in the British Nineteenth Century 9780271064291

In Chaos and Cosmos, Heidi Scott integrates literary readings with contemporary ecological methods to investigate two es

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Reframing Twentieth-Century French Philosophy: The Roots of Desire (Continental Philosophy and the History of Thought) 1793639523, 9781793639523

Reframing Twentieth-Century French Philosophy: The Roots of Desire, edited by Elodie Boublil, investigates the works of

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The Dynamics of Aristotelian Natural Philosophy from Antiquity to the Seventeenth Century (MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN SCIENCE) 9004122400, 9789004122406

This book explores the dynamics of the commentary and textbook traditions in Aristotelian natural philosophy under the h

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