Leviathan and the air-pump: hobbes, boyle, and the experimental life
Auteur :
Shapin, Steven / Schaffer, Simon
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691178165
Date de publication :
14 nov. 2017
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
397 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Leviathan and the Air-Pump examines the conflicts over the value and propriety of experimental methods between two major seventeenth-century thinkers: Thomas Hobbes, author of the political treatise Leviathan and vehement critic of systematic experimentation in natural philosophy, and Robert Boyle, mechanical philosopher and owner of the newly inve