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Victorian Relativity: Radical Thought and Scientific Discovery

Christopher Herbert
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Description: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 produced revolutionary changes in one field after another in the nineteenth century. Surveying a long line of thinkers including Herbert Spencer, Charles Darwin, Alexander Bain, W. K. Clifford, W. S. Jevons, Karl Pearson, James Frazer, and Einstein himself, "Victorian Relativity" argues that the early relativity movement was bound closely to motives of political and cultural reform and, in particular, to radical critiques of the ideology of authoritarianism. Recuperating relativity from those who treat it as synonymous with nihilism, Herbert portrays it as the basis of some of our crucial intellectual and ethical traditions.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Victorian Relativity: Radical Thought and Scientific Discovery. To get started finding Victorian Relativity: Radical Thought and Scientific Discovery, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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2014
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0226327361

Victorian Relativity: Radical Thought and Scientific Discovery

Christopher Herbert
4.4/5 (1290744 ratings)
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Description: 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 produced revolutionary changes in one field after another in the nineteenth century. Surveying a long line of thinkers including Herbert Spencer, Charles Darwin, Alexander Bain, W. K. Clifford, W. S. Jevons, Karl Pearson, James Frazer, and Einstein himself, "Victorian Relativity" argues that the early relativity movement was bound closely to motives of political and cultural reform and, in particular, to radical critiques of the ideology of authoritarianism. Recuperating relativity from those who treat it as synonymous with nihilism, Herbert portrays it as the basis of some of our crucial intellectual and ethical traditions.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Victorian Relativity: Radical Thought and Scientific Discovery. To get started finding Victorian Relativity: Radical Thought and Scientific Discovery, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
319
Format
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Release
2014
ISBN
0226327361

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