Treatise on Natural Philosophy: Volume 1 (Cambridge Library Collection - Mathematics) - Softcover

Thomson, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108005357 ISBN 13: 9781108005357

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

'The term 'natural philosophy' was used by Newton, and is still used in British Universities, to denote the investigation of laws in the material world, and the deduction of results not directly observed.' This definition, from the Preface to the second edition of 1879, defines the proposed scope of the work: the two volumes reissued here are the only completed part of a survey of the entirety of the physical sciences by Lord Kelvin and his fellow Scot, Peter Guthrie Tait, first published in 1867. Although the partnership ceased after eighteen years of collaboration, the published books, containing chapters on kinematics, dynamics and statics, had a great influence on the development of physics in the second half of the nineteenth century.

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Book Description:

The two volumes reissued here are the only completed part of a survey of the entirety of the physical sciences by Lord Kelvin and his fellow Scot, Peter Guthrie Tait, first published in 1867. This edition is the second, published in 1879.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1108005357
• ISBN 13: 9781108005357
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 532