The Resource Victorian relativity : radical thought and scientific discovery, Christopher Herbert
Victorian relativity : radical thought and scientific discovery, Christopher Herbert
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The item Victorian relativity : radical thought and scientific discovery, Christopher Herbert represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 302 pages)
- Contents
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- Acknowledgments; Preface: Relativity and Ideology; Introduction: The Conspiracy against Truth; Chapter 1: Difference, Unity, Proliferation; Chapter 2: Relativity and Authority; Chapter 3: The Relativity of Logic; Chapter 4: Karl Pearson and the Human Form Divine; Chapter 5: Frazer and Einstein; Afterword: Protagoras and History-Writing; Notes; Works Cited; Index
- Isbn
- 9780226327334
- Label
- Victorian relativity : radical thought and scientific discovery
- Title
- Victorian relativity
- Title remainder
- radical thought and scientific discovery
- Statement of responsibility
- Christopher Herbert
- Subject
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- 1800-1899
- Electronic books
- Erkenntnis
- Geschichte 1800-1900
- History
- Knowledge, Theory of
- Knowledge, Theory of -- History -- 19th century
- Naturwissenschaften
- PHILOSOPHY -- Metaphysics
- Relativismus
- Relativiteitstheorie
- Relativity
- Relativity -- History -- 19th century
- Relativität
- Victoriaanse tijd
- Wirklichkeit
- Radicalisme
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Herbert, Christopher
- Dewey number
- 115
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BD221
- LC item number
- .H47 2001eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Relativity
- Knowledge, Theory of
- PHILOSOPHY
- Knowledge, Theory of
- Relativity
- Relativiteitstheorie
- Radicalisme
- Victoriaanse tijd
- Relativismus
- Wirklichkeit
- Naturwissenschaften
- Erkenntnis
- Relativität
- Label
- Victorian relativity : radical thought and scientific discovery, Christopher Herbert
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-277) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
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- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Acknowledgments; Preface: Relativity and Ideology; Introduction: The Conspiracy against Truth; Chapter 1: Difference, Unity, Proliferation; Chapter 2: Relativity and Authority; Chapter 3: The Relativity of Logic; Chapter 4: Karl Pearson and the Human Form Divine; Chapter 5: Frazer and Einstein; Afterword: Protagoras and History-Writing; Notes; Works Cited; Index
- Control code
- 690177209
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 302 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780226327334
- Level of compression
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- computer
- Media MARC source
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- c
- Other control number
- 9780226327327
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- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)690177209
- Label
- Victorian relativity : radical thought and scientific discovery, Christopher Herbert
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-277) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Acknowledgments; Preface: Relativity and Ideology; Introduction: The Conspiracy against Truth; Chapter 1: Difference, Unity, Proliferation; Chapter 2: Relativity and Authority; Chapter 3: The Relativity of Logic; Chapter 4: Karl Pearson and the Human Form Divine; Chapter 5: Frazer and Einstein; Afterword: Protagoras and History-Writing; Notes; Works Cited; Index
- Control code
- 690177209
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 302 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780226327334
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 9780226327327
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)690177209
Subject
- 1800-1899
- Electronic books
- Erkenntnis
- Geschichte 1800-1900
- History
- Knowledge, Theory of
- Knowledge, Theory of -- History -- 19th century
- Naturwissenschaften
- PHILOSOPHY -- Metaphysics
- Relativismus
- Relativiteitstheorie
- Relativity
- Relativity -- History -- 19th century
- Relativität
- Victoriaanse tijd
- Wirklichkeit
- Radicalisme
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