Boyle: between God and science
Robert Boyle ranks with Newton and Einstein as one of the world's most important scientists. Aristocrat and natural philosopher, he was a remarkably wide-ranging and penetrating thinker - pioneering the modern experimental method, championing a novel mechanical view of nature, and reflecting de...
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| Tipo de documento: | Print Livro |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New Haven [u.a.]
Yale University Press
c 2009
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| Em: | Ano: 2009 |
| Análises: | Boyle. Between God and science. By Michael Hunter. Pp. xiii+366 incl. 46 plates. New Haven–London: Yale University Press, 2009. £25. 978 0 300 12381 4 (2011) (Osler, Margaret J.)
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| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Boyle, Robert 1627-1691
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| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Religion and science
B Boyle, Robert 1627-1691 B Science (England) History 17th century B Chemists Biography Ireland B Chemists (Ireland) Biography B Science History 17th century England B Boyle, Robert (1627-1691) B Scientists (Ireland) Biography B Scientists Biography Ireland B Biografia |
| Resumo: | Robert Boyle ranks with Newton and Einstein as one of the world's most important scientists. Aristocrat and natural philosopher, he was a remarkably wide-ranging and penetrating thinker - pioneering the modern experimental method, championing a novel mechanical view of nature, and reflecting deeply on philosophical and theological issues related to science. But, as Michael Hunter shows, Boyle was also a complex and contradictory personality, fascinated by alchemy and magic and privately plagued with doubts about faith and conscience, which troubled the rational vision he heralded. This extraordinary work is the first biography of Boyle in a generation, and the culminating achievement of a world-renowned expert on the scientist. Deftly navigating Boyle's voluminous published works as well as his personal letters and papers, Hunter's complete and intimate account gives us the man rather than the myth, the troubled introvert as well as the public campaigner. Lively, perceptive, and full of original insights, this is the definitive account of a remarkable man and the changing world in which he lived Robert Boyle ranks with Newton and Einstein as one of the world's most important scientists. Aristocrat and natural philosopher, he was a remarkably wide-ranging and penetrating thinker - pioneering the modern experimental method, championing a novel mechanical view of nature, and reflecting deeply on philosophical and theological issues related to science. But, as Michael Hunter shows, Boyle was also a complex and contradictory personality, fascinated by alchemy and magic and privately plagued with doubts about faith and conscience, which troubled the rational vision he heralded. This extraordinary work is the first biography of Boyle in a generation, and the culminating achievement of a world-renowned expert on the scientist. Deftly navigating Boyle's voluminous published works as well as his personal letters and papers, Hunter's complete and intimate account gives us the man rather than the myth, the troubled introvert as well as the public campaigner. Lively, perceptive, and full of original insights, this is the definitive account of a remarkable man and the changing world in which he lived |
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| Descrição do item: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Descrição Física: | XII, 366 S., Ill |
| ISBN: | 978-0-300-12381-4 |
