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22 de oct. de 2014 · Her book, On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences, published by John Murray in 1834 alongside works by Walter Scott, Lord Byron and Jane Austen, contains no equations, few diagrams and...
- Richard Holmes
- richard.holmes@osb.me.uk
- 2014
On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences, by Mary Somerville, is one of the best-selling science books of the 19th century. The book went through many editions and was translated into several European languages.
- Mary Somerville
- 1834
Summary. A ll the knowledge we possess of external objects is founded upon experience, which furnishes facts; and the comparison of these facts establishes relations, from which induction, the intuitive belief that like causes will produce like effects, leads to general laws.
- Mary Somerville
- 1834
21 de ago. de 2016 · On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences by Mary Somerville. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
- Mary Somerville
- 1834
4 de may. de 2009 · On the connection of the physical sciences : Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. by. Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872. Publication date. 1846. Topics. Science. Publisher. New York, Harper & brothers. Collection. americana. Book from the collections of. New York Public Library. Language. English.
Astronomy affords the most extensive example of the connection of the physical sciences. In it are combined the sciences of number and quantity, of rest and motion.
Celebrated scientist and author Mary Fairfax Somerville (1780-1872) first published this work in 1834. Topics included astronomy, optics, electricity, matter, heat and magnetism, but her focus was on the connections she recognised between the different branches of the physical sciences.
