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American science in the age of Jackson / [by] George H. Daniels.
Record no.:
5406
Author:
Daniels, George H.;
Publisher:
New York,: Columbia University Press,
Year:
1968.
Description:
viii, 282 pages 25 cm
Subject:
Science - United States - History - 19th century.;
United States - Intellectual life - 1783-1865.;
United States - Intellectual life - 1865-1918.;
Notes:
Gift ; Nagle Library MacLeod Collection copy donated by Emeritus Professor Roy MacLeod.
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [233]-276).
Type:
Monograph
Abstract:
The pursuit of science in America, 1815-1845 -- The scientific profession -- The reign of Bacon in America -- The philosophy in action -- A deluge of facts -- The limits of Baconianism: history and the imponderables -- Finalism, positivism, and scientific
explanation -- The inductive process and the doctrine of analogy -- Science, theology, and common sense.
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