A preliminary discourse on the study of natural philosophy [electronic resource] / John F.W. Herschel ; with a new foreword by Arthur Fine.

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Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Cabinet cyclopaedia ; v. 1.Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1987.Description: 1 online resource (xxvii, 372 p.)ISBN:

9780226327785 (electronic bk.)
0226327787 (electronic bk.)

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Preliminary discourse on the study of natural philosophy.DDC classification:

501 22

LOC classification:

Q175 .H427 1987eb

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EBSCOhost

Contents:

Part I: Of the General Nature and Advantages of the Study of the Physical Sciecnes.; Chapter I: Of Man regarded as a Creature of Instinct, of Reason, and Speculation. -- General Influence of Scientific Pursuits on the Mind.; Chapter II: Of abstract Science as a Preparation for the Study of Physics. -- A profound Acquaintance with it not indispensable for a clear Understanding of Physical Laws. -- How a Conviction of their Truth.

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Reprint. Originally published: London : Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and J. Taylor, 1830. (The Cabinet cyclopaedia ; v. 1).

Includes index.

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A preliminary discourse on the study of natural philosophy [electronic resource] / John F.W. Herschel ; with a new foreword by Arthur Fine.