Seeking Nature's Logic: Natural Philosophy in the Scottish Enlightenment

by David B. Wilson

Book Overview

The Scottish Enlightenment was a vital moment in the history of Western civilization. As one modern admirer of Scotland cogently wrote: "No small nation--except Greece--has ever achieved an intellectual and cultural breakthrough of this magnitude." Placing Isaac Newton's natural philosophy within a broad conceptual context, Seeking Nature's Logic takes that science from Galileo to the early nineteenth century, concentrating on Scotland during...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271033606
• ISBN13: 9780271033600
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"