Solomon's child: method in the early Royal Society of London
Machine generated contents note: Varieties of Things: Objects of Knowledge and Baconian -- Method in the Early Royal Society of London -- Text, Skill, and Experience in John Evelyn's Sylva -- Similitudes and Congruities: The Mechanical Philosophy, -- Practical Mechanics, and Baconian Analogy in...
| Résumé: | Machine generated contents note: Varieties of Things: Objects of Knowledge and Baconian -- Method in the Early Royal Society of London -- Text, Skill, and Experience in John Evelyn's Sylva -- Similitudes and Congruities: The Mechanical Philosophy, -- Practical Mechanics, and Baconian Analogy in Hooke's -- Micrographia -- 4 A Language of Things: John Wilkins' Philosophical -- Language and Operative Forms -- 5 Disarming Words for a Land of Experimental Knowledge: -- Sprat's History of the Royal Society -- 6 Preserving the Subject in Peace and Plenty: John Graunt's -- Natural and Political Observations upon the Bills of -- Mortality -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [251] - 286) and index |
| ISBN: | 0804732914 |