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Cunningham (Andrew) and Jardine (Nicholas), eds. - 'D. Knight on Schelling - S.R. Morgan - E.S. Shaffer - D. von Engelhardt - F. Gregory - S. Schaffer - N. Tsouyopoulos -T. Lenoir - E. Richards - P.F. Rehbock - L.S. Jacyna on Alexander von Humboldt - M. Nicholson - D.L. Sepper on Goethe- Johan Wilhelm Ritter - W.D. Wetzels - Humphry Davy by C. Lawrence - Oersted by H.A.M. Snelders - N.A. Rupke - J. Adler - Kleist's Bedlam and Heinrich von Kleist - Coleridge by T.H. Levere - David van Leer - Georg Büchner by J. Reddick
Reference : 101404
(1990)
Romanticism and the Sciences , (1. Romanticism : Romanticism and the sciences - Schelling and the origins of his Naturphilosophie - Romantic philosophy and the organization of the disciplines, the founding of the Humboldt University of Berlin - Historical consciousness in the German romantic Naturforschung - Theology and the sciences in the German Romantic period - Genius in Romantic Natural Philosophy - 2. Sciences of the Organic : Doctors contra clysters and feudalism : The consequences of the Romantic Revolution - Morphotype and historical-genetic method in Romantic biology - Metaphorical mystifications : The Romantic gestation of nature in British biology - Transcendental anatomy - Romantic thought and the origins of cell theory - Alexander von Humboldt and the geography of vegetation - 3. Sciences of the Inorganic : Goethe, colour and the science of seeing - Johan Wilhelm Ritter, Romantic physics in Germany - The power and the glory of Humphry Davy and Romanticism - Oersted's dicovery of electromagnetism - Caves, fossils and the history of the Earth - 4. Literature and science : Goethe's use of chemical theory and his Elective Affinities - Kleist's Bedlam : Abnormal osychology and psychiatry in the work of Heinrich von Kleist - Coleridge and the sciences - Nature's book : The language of science in the American Renaissance - The shattered whole : Georg Büchner and Naturphilosophie)
Cambridge University Press Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1990 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's brow printed wrappers, illustrated by a colored painting, Aimé Bonpland and Alexander von Humboldt grand In-8 1 vol. - 367 pages
26 black and white illustrations 1st edition, 1990, paperback Contents, Chapitres : Contents, List of illustrations, Notes on contributors, Preface, Short list of introductory reading, xxii, Text, 345 pages - 1. Romanticism : Romanticism and the sciences, by D. Knight) - Schelling and the origins of his Naturphilosophie, by S.R. Morgan - Romantic philosophy and the organization of the disciplines, the founding of the Humboldt University of Berlin, by E.S. Shaffer - Historical consciousness in the German romantic Naturforschung, by D. von Engelhardt - Theology and the sciences in the German Romantic period, by F. Gregory - Genius in Romantic Natural Philosophy, by S. Schaffer - 2. Sciences of the Organic : Doctors contra clysters and feudalism : The consequences of the Romantic Revolution, by N. Tsouyopoulos - Morphotype and historical-genetic method in Romantic biology, by T. Lenoir - Metaphorical mystifications : The Romantic gestation of nature in British biology, by E. Richards - Transcendental anatomy, by P.F. Rehbock - Romantic thought and the origins of cell theory, by L.S. Jacyna - Alexander von Humboldt and the geography of vegetation, M. Nicholson - 3. Sciences of the Inorganic : Goethe, colour and the science of seeing, by D.L. Sepper - Johan Wilhelm Ritter, Romantic physics in Germany, by W.D. Wetzels - The power and the glory of Humphry Davy and Romanticism, by C. Lawrence - Oersted's dicovery of electromagnetism, by H.A.M. Snelders - Caves, fossils and the history of the Earth, by N.A. Rupke - 4. Literature and science : Goethe's use of chemical theory and his Elective Affinities, by J. Adler - Kleist's Bedlam : Abnormal osychology and psychiatry in the work of Heinrich von Kleist - Coleridge and the sciences, by T.H. Levere - Nature's book : The language of science in the American Renaissance, by David van Leer - The shattered whole : Georg Büchner and Naturphilosophie, by J. Reddick - Index near fine copy, no markings
Cahan (David), ed. on Hermann von Helmholtz - 'Arleen Tuchman - Kathryn M. Olesko and Frederic L. Holmes - Timothy Lenoir - R. Steven Turner - Richard L. Kremer - Stephan Vogel - Fabio Bevilacqua - Jed Z. Buchwald - Walter Kaiser - Helge Kragh - Günter Bierhalter - Michael Heidelberger - Robert DiSalle - Gary Hatfield
Reference : 100273
(1993)
Hermann von Helmholtz and the Foundations of Nineteenth-Century Science , (1. Physiologist : Helmholtz and the German medical community - Experiment, quantification and discovery : Helmholtz's early physiological researches, 1843-1850 - The eye as mathematician : Clinical practice, instrumentation, and Holemholtz's construction of an empirical theory of vision - Consensus and controversy : Helmholtz on the visual perception of space - Innovation through synthesis : Helmholtz and color research - Sensation of tone, perception of sound, and empiricism : Helmhotz's physiological acoustics - 2. Physicist : Helmhotz's Ueber die Erhaltung der Kraft : The emergence of a theoretical physicist - Electrodynamics in context : Object states, laboratory practice, and anti-romanticism - Helmholtz's instrumental role in the formation of classical electrodynamics - Between physics and chemistry : Helmholtz's route to a theory of chemical thermodynamics - Helmholtz's mechanical foundation of thermodynamics - 3. Philosopher : Force, law, and experiment : The evolution of Helmholtz's philosophy of science - Helmholtz's empiricist philosophy of mathematics : Between laws of perception and laws of nature - Helmholtz and classicism : The science of aesthetics and the aesthetics of science - Helmholtz and the civilizing power of science)
University of California Press , California Studies in the History of Science Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1993 Book condition, Etat : Très Bon hardcover, editor's binding, under editor's original purple dust-jacket, illustrated by a portrait of Hermann von Helmholtz fort et grand In-8 1 vol. - 695 pages
31 black and white illustrations 1993's edition "Contents, Chapitres : Contents, List of Illustrations, Acknowledgments, Contributors, Abbreviations, Chronological listing of the Principal Events and Publications of Helmholtz's Life and Career, xxix, Text, 666 pages - D. Cahan : Introduction, Helmholtz at the borders of science - 1. Physiologist : Arleen Tuchman : Helmholtz and the German medical community - Kathryn M. Olesko and Frederic L. Holmes : Experiment, quantification and discovery : Helmholtz's early physiological researches, 1843-1850 - Timothy Lenoir : The eye as mathematician : Clinical practice, instrumentation, and Helmholtz's construction of an empirical theory of vision - R. Steven Turner : Consensus and controversy : Helmholtz on the visual perception of space - Richard L. Kremer : Innovation through synthesis : Helmholtz and color research - Stephan Vogel : Sensation of tone, perception of sound, and empiricism : Helmhotz's physiological acoustics - 2. Physicist : Fabio Bevilacqua : Helmhotz's Ueber die Erhaltung der Kraft : The emergence of a theoretical physicist - Jed Z. Buchwald : Electrodynamics in context : Object states, laboratory practice, and anti-romanticism - Walter Kaiser : Helmholtz's instrumental role in the formation of classical electrodynamics - Helge Kragh : Between physics and chemistry : Helmholtz's route to a theory of chemical thermodynamics - Günter Bierhalter : Helmholtz's mechanical foundation of thermodynamics - 3. Philosopher : Michael Heidelberger : Force, law, and experiment : The evolution of Helmholtz's philosophy of science - Robert DiSalle : Helmholtz's empiricist philosophy of mathematics : Between laws of perception and laws of nature - Gary Hatfield : Helmholtz and classicism : The science of aesthetics and the aesthetics of science - David Cahan : Helmholtz and the civilizing power of science - Bibliography and Index - Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz est un scientifique (physiologiste et physicien) prussien, né le 31 août 1821 à Potsdam et mort à Berlin-Charlottenburg en 1894. Il a notamment apporté d'importantes contributions à l'étude de la perception des sons et des couleurs ainsi qu'à la thermodynamique. - Helmholtz a vécu à une époque propice à développer lexpérimentation grâce à un arsenal dinstruments de plus en plus performants, qui prolongent, démultiplient, amplifient, accélèrent le regard des scientifiques sur la nature des phénomènes (et dans ce cas précis, des phénomènes sonores) pour mettre en évidence les explications de certaines observations : la technique a permis de transcrire sous une forme objective des phénomènes inexpliqués ; ainsi, lacoustique progresse considérablement et Helmholtz fonde l'optique physiologique et la psychophysique. (source : Wikipedia)" near fine copy, no markings, the dust-jacket is complete and near fine, minor folding tracks on the spine, the bottom part of the D.J. is very lightly torn on less than 0,5 cms, quite nothing, inside is fine, a very nice copy of this masterwork on Helmholtz
Lakatos (Imre) and Musgrave (Alan), eds. - Thomas S. Kuhn - J.W.N. Watkins - S.E. Toulmin - L. Pearce Williams - K.R. Popper - Margaret Mastermann - P.K. Feyerabend
Reference : 101351
(1979)
"Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge , Proceedings of the International Colloquium in the Philosophy of Science, London, 1965, volume 4 (Logic of discovery or psychology of research ? - Against ""normal"" science - Does the distinction between normal and revolutionary science hold water - Normal science, scientific revolutions and the history of science - Normal science and its danger - The nature of paradigm - Falsification and the methodology of scientific research programmes - Consolations for the specialist - Reflections on my critics)"
Cambridge University Press Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1979 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's blue and yellow printed wrappers grand In-8 1 vol. - 287 pages
reprinted edition, 1979, with corrections "Contents, Chapitres : Contents, Preface, Note on the 3rd edition (1974), v, Text, 282 pages - Thomas S. Kuhn : Logic of discovery or psychology of research ? - J.W.N. Watkins : Against ""normal"" science - S.E. Toulmin : Does the distinction between normal and revolutionary science hold water - L. Pearce Williams : Normal science, scientific revolutions and the history of science - K.R. Popper : Normal science and its danger - Margaret Mastermann : The nature of paradigm - Imre Lakatos : Falsification and the methodology of scientific research programmes - P.K. Feyerabend : Consolations for the specialist - T.S. Kuhn : Reflections on my critics - index" wrappers very lightly yellowing, minor wear on the bottom of the spine with a very small missing of paper, else near fine copy, inide is clean, no markings
An Essay on the Nature & Significance of Economic Science. - [DEFINING 20TH CENTURY ECONOMICS]
London, Macmillan & Co., 1932. 8vo. In the original green embossed cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Printed on thick paper. A few scratches to back board. Otherwise an very fine copy. XII, 141, (3) pp.
First edition of Robbins's landmark publication, in which he sought to define more precisely economics as a science. With the present publication he became instrumental in shifting Anglo-Saxon economics from its Marshallian direction which eventually caused the breakthrough of neo-classical (Walrasian) definition of economics. The work is ""one of the most cited, if not most read, books on the subject in the period 1932-60, and it influenced greatly economists' views about the nature of their discipline."" (The New Palgrave). The definitions of economics presented here ""were widely accepted by the world of academic economists and are still propagated"" (The New Palgrave).Robbins put forth two central themes, both having a lasting and deep influence upon economics of the 20th century, the first being: ""That economic science could be clearly demarcated from those discussions of economic issues that involved value judgments - by which latter term Robbins meant evaluation statements of the form 'better or worse' where inter-personal comparisons of utility were involved. He also argued that there was a clear demarcation between economic science and other branches of social enquiry such as social psychology, sociology, politics and so on.""The second major theme was that the subject matter of economic science was not a particular activity (for example, Cannan's view that economics was the science of wealth), but rather an aspect of all human conduct. This aspect was the 'fact' of economic scarcity - a manifestation of unlimited ends on the part of individuals and society and means of satisfying those ends that were limited in supply. In word so often quoted in economics text Robbins defined economic science as 'that science that studies the relationship between ends and means that have alternative uses' - a definition that is more than reminiscent of Menger's exposition of the economizing process."" (The New palgrave)Lionel Robbins (1898 - 1984) was a British (mainly theoretical) economist and head of the economics department at the London School of Economics. In macroeconomics Robbins's was a firm exponent of the Hayek's - and the Austrian school in general - teachings whom he brought to the London School of Economics in 1928. His liberal view was expressed when he famously, together with Joseph Schumpeter, advocated that nothing should be done about the 1929-depression and that it had to run its course since this alone would create a lasting development out of the depression.
An Essay on the Nature & Significance of Economic Science. - [PRESENTATION COPY - DEFINING 20TH CENTURY ECONOMICS]
London, Macmillan & Co., 1932. 8vo. In the original green embossed cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Printed on thick paper. A few pages with light marginal pencil annotations. A small tear to p. VII. Otherwise a very fine copy. XII, 141, (3) pp. With author's presentation inscription to front free end-paper: ""Apologia pro vita sua / L .C. R.""
First edition, presentation-copy, of Robbins's landmark publication, in which he sought to define more precisely economics as a science. With the present publication he became instrumental in shifting Anglo-Saxon economics from its Marshallian direction, which eventually caused the breakthrough of neo-classical (Walrasian) definition of economics. The work is ""one of the most cited, if not most read, books on the subject in the period 1932-60, and it influenced greatly economists' views about the nature of their discipline."" (The New Palgrave). The definitions of economics presented here ""were widely accepted by the world of academic economists and are still propagated"" (The New Palgrave).Robbins put forth two central themes, both having a lasting and deep influence upon economics of the 20th century, the first being: ""That economic science could be clearly demarcated from those discussions of economic issues that involved value judgments - by which latter term Robbins meant evaluation statements of the form 'better or worse' where inter-personal comparisons of utility were involved. He also argued that there was a clear demarcation between economic science and other branches of social enquiry such as social psychology, sociology, politics and so on.""The second major theme was that the subject matter of economic science was not a particular activity (for example, Cannan's view that economics was the science of wealth), but rather an aspect of all human conduct. This aspect was the 'fact' of economic scarcity - a manifestation of unlimited ends on the part of individuals and society and means of satisfying those ends that were limited in supply. In word so often quoted in economics text Robbins defined economic science as 'that science that studies the relationship between ends and means that have alternative uses' - a definition that is more than reminiscent of Menger's exposition of the economizing process."" (The New palgrave)Lionel Robbins (1898 - 1984) was a British (mainly theoretical) economist and head of the economics department at the London School of Economics. In macroeconomics Robbins's was a firm exponent of the Hayek's - and the Austrian school in general - teachings whom he brought to the London School of Economics in 1928. His liberal view was expressed when he famously, together with Joseph Schumpeter, advocated that nothing should be done about the 1929-depression and that it had to run its course since this alone would create a lasting development out of the depression.
