The Unity of Matter: A Dialogue on the Relation Between the Various Forms of Matter Which Affect the Senses (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Alexander Stephen Wilson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0365311154 ISBN 13: 9780365311157

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Discover a bold claim about the material world: all forms of matter share a common stock, shaping every sensation and phenomenon you see.

Originally published in 1855, this dialogue presents a fresh, accessible case for a unified view of nature. Through a back-and-forth among a small group of thinkers, it explores how vision, heat, light, and other forms of matter might be connected, and what that would mean for science, cosmogony, and how we understand the universe.

• See how the book frames science as a search for a single, coherent picture of nature.
• Learn how senses and matter might relate through common elements and forms.
• Explore debates about light, heat, electricity, and reflection in a historical dialogue.
• Consider the big implications of a universe where creation and change occur within a unified system.

Ideal for readers curious about the history of science, philosophy of science, and early ideas about the unity of matter and the structure of the cosmos.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0365311154
• ISBN 13: 9780365311157
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 90