Victorian relativity : radical thought and scientific discovery / Christopher Herbert.

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Hoofdauteur: Herbert, Christopher
Formaat: E-boek
Taal:English
Gepubliceerd in: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2001.
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Samenvatting:One of the articles of faith of twentieth-century intellectual history is that the theory of relativity in physics sprang in its essentials from the unaided genius of Albert Einstein; another is that scientific relativity is unconnected to ethical, cultural, or epistemological relativisms. Victorian Relativity challenges these assumptions, unearthing a forgotten tradition of avant-garde speculation that took as its guiding principle "the negation of the absolute" and set itself under the militant banner of "relativity."Christopher Herbert shows that the idea of relativity page
Fysieke beschrijving:1 online resource (xv, 302 pages)
Bibliografie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-277) and index.
ISBN:9780226327365
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9780226327334
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