The Story of Science: Newton at the Center - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Story of Science: Newton at the Center write by Joy Hakim. This book was released on 2016-04-26. The Story of Science: Newton at the Center available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In volume two, students will watch as Copernicus's systematic observations place the sun at the center of our universe—to the dismay of establishment thinkers. After students follow the achievements and frustrations of Galileo, Kepler, and Descartes, they will appreciate the amazing Isaac Newton, whose discoveries about gravity, motion, colors, calculus, and Earth's place in the universe set the stage for modern physics, astronomy, mathematics, and chemistry. In the three-book The Story of Science series, master storyteller Joy Hakim narrates the evolution of scientific thought from ancient times to the present. With lively, character-driven narrative, Hakim spotlights the achievements of some of the world's greatest scientists and encourages a similiar spirit of inquiry in readers. The books include hundreds of color photographs, charts, maps, and diagrams; informative sidebars; suggestions for further reading; and excerpts from the writings of great scientists.
The Story of Science
The Story of Science - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Story of Science write by Joy Hakim. This book was released on 2005. The Story of Science available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A second volume of a three-part series for all ages traces the period between Copernicus's theory about the sun's location at the center of the universe through the early days of atomic theory, offering introductory portraits of such contributors as Giordano Bruno, Galileo, and Isaac Newton.
Newton’s Apple and Other Myths about Science
Newton’s Apple and Other Myths about Science - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Newton’s Apple and Other Myths about Science write by Ronald L. Numbers. This book was released on 2015-11-04. Newton’s Apple and Other Myths about Science available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A Guardian “Favourite Reads—as Chosen by Scientists” Selection “Tackles some of science’s most enduring misconceptions.” —Discover A falling apple inspired Isaac Newton’s insight into the law of gravity—or did it really? Among the many myths debunked in this refreshingly irreverent book are the idea that alchemy was a superstitious pursuit, that Darwin put off publishing his theory of evolution for fear of public reprisal, and that Gregor Mendel was ahead of his time as a pioneer of genetics. More recent myths about particle physics and Einstein’s theory of relativity are discredited too, and a number of dubious generalizations, like the notion that science and religion are antithetical, or that science can neatly be distinguished from pseudoscience, go under the microscope of history. Newton’s Apple and Other Myths about Science brushes away popular fictions and refutes the widespread belief that science advances when individual geniuses experience “Eureka!” moments and suddenly grasp what those around them could never imagine. “Delightful...thought-provoking...Every reader should find something to surprise them.” —Jim Endersby, Science “Better than just countering the myths, the book explains when they arose and why they stuck.” —The Guardian
Isaac Newton's Scientific Method
Isaac Newton's Scientific Method - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Isaac Newton's Scientific Method write by William L. Harper. This book was released on 2011-12-08. Isaac Newton's Scientific Method available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Includes bibliographical references (p. [397]-410) and index.
Philosophical Perspectives on Newtonian Science
Philosophical Perspectives on Newtonian Science - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Philosophical Perspectives on Newtonian Science write by Phillip Bricker. This book was released on 1990. Philosophical Perspectives on Newtonian Science available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. These original essays explore the philosophical implications of Newton's work. They address a wide range of topics including Newton's influence on his contemporaries and successors such as Locke and Kant, and his views on the methodology of science, on absolute space and time, and on the Deity.Howard Stein compares Newton's refusal to lock natural philosophy into a preexisting system with the more rigid philosophical predilections of his near-contemporaries Christian Huygens and John Locke. Richard Arthur's commentary provides a useful gloss on Stein's essay. Lawrence Sklar puzzles over Newton's attempts to provide a unified treatment of the various "real quantities": absolute space, time, and motion. According to Phillip Bricker's responding essay, however, the distinctions Sklar draws do not go to the heart of the debate between realists and representationalists.J. E. McGuire and John Carriero debate Newtons views of the relationship between the Deity and the nature of time and space. Peter Achinstein looks at the tension between Newton's methodological views and his advocacy of a corpuscular theory of light; he suggests that Newton could justify the latter by a "weak" inductive inference, but R.I.G. Hughes believes that this inference involves an induction Newton would be unwilling to make. Immanuel Kant's critique of Newton's view of gravity is discussed and amplified by Michael Friedman In response, Robert DiSalle raises a number of problems for Friedman's analysis. Errol Harris and Philip Grier extend the discussion to the present day and look at the ethical implications of Newton's work.Phillip Bricker is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. R.I.G. Hughes is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina. Philosophical Perspectives on Newtonian Science is included in the Johns Hopkins Series on the History and Philosophy of Science.
