منابع مشابه
Robert Boyle (1627–1691): scrupulosity and science
makers such as Fraunhofer, Amici, Selligue and Chevalier? Also, the figures of the plate from the 1787 Essays on the microscope were not drawn thanks to an Adams microscope, but are copies, probably made by a camera obscura, of original figures taken from the works of Trembley (1744, 1747), Baker (1753), Rosel von Rosenhof (1755), and others. This certainly does not affect the high quality of t...
متن کاملRobert Boyle reconsidered
are apt to instill their principles into the mindes of weake persons, and you well know, if your wife got anything into her Head, all the reason in the World will not persuade her out of it." There is much sophisticated analysis to admire that positions midwives into larger historical debates. South German cities, such as Nuremberg, Augsburg and Munich, controlled their midwives through "sworn ...
متن کاملDowning , Lisa , " Robert Boyle , " in A Companion to Early Modern
I. Life and works Robert Boyle, natural philosopher, was born in 1627 to Richard Boyle and Katherine Fenton. Despite Robert Boyle's status as youngest son of a large family, his father's wealth, influence, and title (first Earl of Cork) afforded him an income and allowed him to devote himself to intellectual pursuits. The young Boyle's education included Eton and private tutoring (both at home ...
متن کاملOn science and philosophy.
I have noticed that those who comment on my writings often show two interesting and complementary attitudes: a fund amental distrust of philosophy, coupled with an overly enthusiastic endorsement of science. Since my personal career has been marked by experiences in both fields and by a strong belief that the two enterprises are complementary and not adversarial, I feel it is time to make some ...
متن کاملEssays on Islamic philosophy and science
health rules are reminiscent of the Regimen sanitatis Salerni. Some of the material was borrowed, such as proverbs from Dryden, Pope, La Rochefoucauld and Rabelais. Franklin continually added and revised, and some of his statements found their way into common American parlance. The last number (1758) contained a series of adages entitled 'The way to wealth' and this appeared even in Chinese, Ru...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nature
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0028-0836,1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/285419a0