| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 210 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Race, gender, and science |
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Race, gender, and science.
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| Contents |
Now we see it -- Now we don't -- Economics, politics, and religion: Stuart conflicts with Parliament -- Civil war approaches -- The intersection of class and gender politics -- The Boyle family's religious and class politics -- More class and gender politics -- Boyle's gender politics -- Boyle's background reading -- Boyle's hermeticism, magic, and active principles -- Hermeticism, hylozoism, and radical politics -- Boyle's concern over the sectaries -- Boyle's objections to hylozoism -- Experimental support for the corpuscular philosophy -- Boyle's law of gases -- The production of an alternative law -- Methodological considerations -- "The data alone proved Boyle's hypothesis" -- Good science |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-201) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Boyle's law.
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Hylozoism.
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Science -- England -- History -- 17th century
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SCIENCE -- History.
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Boyle's law
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Hylozoism
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Science
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Wetenschapsbeoefenaars.
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Vrouwendiscriminatie.
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Rassenvraagstuk.
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Theorievorming.
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England
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0253108462 |
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9780253108463 |
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0253339162 |
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0253214556 |
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9780253214553 |
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9780253339164 |
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