William Whewell, D.D., Master of Trinity College, Cambridge: An Account of His Writings; with Selections from His Literary and Scientific CorrespondenceCambridge University Press, 8 de nov. de 2011 - 454 páginas 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. Volume 1 covers his sermons and early poetry, as well as his work on tides, moral philosophy and mechanics, and his celebrated study of the inductive sciences. |
Conteúdo
CHAPTER I | 1 |
CHAPTER II | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 29 |
CHAPTER V | 67 |
CHAPTER VI | 75 |
CHAPTER VII | 89 |
CHAPTER VIII | 100 |
CHAPTER IX | 120 |
CHAPTER XIII | 211 |
CHAPTER XIV | 242 |
CHAPTER XV | 283 |
CHAPTER XVI | 302 |
CHAPTER XVII | 323 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 345 |
CHAPTER XIX | 367 |
CHAPTER XX | 376 |
Termos e frases comuns
alludes appeared Astronomer Astronomer Royal Bacon benefit Brewster Bridgewater Treatise British Association Cambridge Philosophical Transactions Chapter character consists contains correspondence course critic dated definitions doctrine Dr Whewell says Dr Whewell’s earth Edinburgh Review eminent English hexameters entitled Essay fact finally find first edition first volume five Geology Herschel History Inductive Sciences influence interesting J. S. Mill Jones knowledge labour language laws Lectures letter mathematical matter moon Moral Philosophy motion namely nature Newton notice observations octavo octavo pages office opinion original pamphlet paper passage perhaps person Philosophy of Discovery Plato Plurality of Worlds preface present principles printed Professor Whewell reader reference remarks reply respect Robert Leslie Ellis Royal scientific second edition seems sentences sermon shew Society spondees theory third edition thought Tides tion translation Trinity College University University of Cambridge verse whole William Whewell words writer