‎PEARSON (K.)‎
‎The grammar of science -- EDITION ORIGINALE‎

‎London, Scott, 1892, un volume in 8 reldié en pleine toile éditeur, (défraîchie, avec traces de mouillures sur la partie supérieure du premier plat), 16pp., 493pp., figures dans le texte, 12pp. (catalogue de l'éditeur)‎

Reference : 4048

‎---- EDITION ORIGINALE ---- "In the 1890's the sole duty of the lecturer in geometry at Gresham College seems to have been to give three courses per year of four lectures to an extramural audience on topics of his own choosing. Pearson's aim in applying for the lectureship was apparently to gain an opportunity to present some of his ideas to a fairly general audience... These lectures, developed and enlarged, became the first edition of The grammar of science (1892), a remarkable book that influenced the scientific thought of an entire generation... The Grammar of science anticipated in many ways the revolutionary changes in scientific thought brought about by Einstein's special theory of relativity. Pearson insisted on the relativity of all motion, completely restated the Newtonian laws of motion in keeping with this primary principle and developed a system of mechanics logically from them...". (DSB X pp. 447/473)**4048/K2‎