Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural Theology - Softcover

Whewell, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1402163584 ISBN 13: 9781402163586

Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation, 2001

Synopsis

This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1837 edition by William Pickering, London.

About this title

Book Description

William Whewell was a leading Cambridge intellectual of the Victorian period, active in science, theology and philosophy, and a contemporary of Darwin and Faraday. In this 1833 contribution to The Bridgewater Treatises, Whewell argues that study of the laws of nature confirms the existence of a divine law-giver.

About the Author

William Whewell (1794-1866) was a professor of mineralogy (1828-1832) and moral philosophy (1838-1855) at the University of Cambridge. For twenty-five years he was the Master of Trinity College at Cambridge. Whewell was the author of many books, including "History of the Inductive Sciences" and" Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences".

Edition details

• Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1402163584
• ISBN 13: 9781402163586
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 397