Thomas Reid on mathematics and natural philosophy / edited by Paul Wood.

By:

Reid, Thomas, 1710-1796 [author.]

Contributor(s):

Wood, Paul, 1952- [editor.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Edinburgh edition of Thomas Reid | Oxford scholarly editions onlinePublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2017Description: 1 online resource (cxciv, 318 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780748643394
0748643397
0191877921
9780191877926
1474404812
9781474404815

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510 23

LOC classification:

QA35 .R45 2017

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Contents:

Euclidean Geometry -- 'An Essay on Quantity' -- Astronomy -- Optics -- Electricity -- Chemistry.

Summary: 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.

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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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Euclidean Geometry -- 'An Essay on Quantity' -- Astronomy -- Optics -- Electricity -- Chemistry.

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