Medienkombination, Englisch, 900 Seiten, Format (B × H): 219 mm x 145 mm, Gewicht: 1264 g
An Account of his Writings; with Selections from his Literary and Scientific Correspondence
Medienkombination, Englisch, 900 Seiten, Format (B × H): 219 mm x 145 mm, Gewicht: 1264 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Cambridge
ISBN: 978-1-108-03855-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
William Whewell (1794–1866) was born the son of a Lancaster carpenter, but his precocious intellect soon delivered him into a different social sphere. Educated at a local grammar school, he won a scholarship to Cambridge, and began his career at Trinity College in 1812; he went on to be elected a fellow of Trinity in 1817 and Master in 1841. An acquaintance of William Wordsworth and a friend of Adam Sedgwick, his professional interests reflected a typically nineteenth-century fusion of religion and science, ethics and empiricism. Published in 1876, and written by the mathematician and fellow of St John's College, Isaac Todhunter (1820–84), this biography combines a narrative account of Whewell's life and achievements with extracts taken from his personal correspondence. The two-volume work describes Whewell's intellectual development, career and influence, and also reveals much about the conflicts, debates and friendships that shaped nineteenth-century academic life.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaften: Theorie, Epistemologie, Methodik
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Human- und Sozialwissenschaften
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
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Volume 1: Preface; Alphabetical list of the persons to whom the letters in the second volume are addressed; List of scientific societies with which Dr Whewell was connected; Names mentioned in the letters; 1. 1794–1819; 2. Publications relating to mechanics; 3. 1820–30; 4. 1831–3; 5. Bridgewater Treatise; 6. Researches on the tides; 7. 1834–7; 8. History of the inductive sciences; 9. 1838–40; 10. The philosophy of the inductive sciences; 11. 1841–53; 12. Plurality of worlds; 13. 1854–66; 14. Moral philosophy; 15. English hexameters; 16. Scientific memoirs; 17. Sermons; 18. Notes on books; 19. Poetical pieces; 20. Miscellaneous prose pieces; 21. Conclusion. Volume 2: Letters, 1814–66.
