Author: McCormmach, Russell
Title: Speculative Truth : Henry Cavendish, Natural Philosophy, and the Rise of Modern Theoretical Science
Description: Oxford / New York, Oxford University Press, (2004). orig.boards. 24x15cm, ix,258 pp. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: Natural Philosophy: Natural Philosophers; Philosophies; Theories;A Great Question: Historical Setting of Heat and Mechanics; Henry Cavendish's Researches; The Mechanical Theory of Heat; The Question; Appendix. Henry Cavendish's Manuscript on the Mechanical Theory of Heat: Preliminary Sketch of the Manuscript; Foul Copy of the Manuscript; Revised Copy of the Manuscript.

Keywords: History of Science, British Scientists, Henry Cavendish, Heat, Physics, Chemistry, Chemists, Great Britain, Biography