Format:
1 Online-Ressource (513 pages)
ISBN:
9780748643394
,
0748643397
Content:
Cover -- Title page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- The Manuscripts and Editorial Principles -- Index of Manuscripts and Published Texts -- Introduction -- 1. Thomas Reid: Mathematician and Natural Philosopher -- 2. Euclidean Geometry -- 3. 'An Essay on Quantity' -- 4. Astronomy -- 5. Optics -- 6. Electricity -- 7. Chemistry -- THE MANUSCRIPTS -- Part One: Euclidean Geometry -- Part Two: 'An Essay on Quantity' -- Part Three: Astronomy -- Part Four: Optics -- Part Five: Electricity -- Part Six: Chemistry -- Notes -- Editorial Notes -- Part One: Euclidean Geometry -- Part Two: 'An Essay on Quantity' -- Part Three: Astronomy -- Part Four: Optics -- Part Five: Electricity -- Part Six: Chemistry -- Textual Notes -- Part One: Euclidean Geometry -- Part Two: 'An Essay on Quantity' -- Part Three: Astronomy -- Part Four: Optics -- Part Five: Electricity -- Part Six: Chemistry -- Bibliography -- Manuscript Sources -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index of Persons and Titles -- General Index.
Content:
Thomas Reid was an intellectual polymath interested in all aspects of Enlightenment thought. Paul Wood reconstructs Reid's career as a mathematician and natural philosopher and shows how he grappled with Sir Isaac Newton's scientific legacy
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780748643387
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Wood, Paul Thomas Reid on Mathematics and Natural Philosophy Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,c2017 ISBN 9780748643387
Language:
English
Author information:
Reid, Thomas 1710-1796
