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American science in the age of Jackson / George H. Daniels.
LIBRA Q127.U6 D3
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LIBRA Q127.U6 D3
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LIBRA - Rare Q127.U6 D3 Adams copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Daniels, George H., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Intellectual life--1783-1865.
- United States.
- Intellectual life.
- United States--Intellectual life--1865-1918.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B., (former owner) (Adams copy)
- Physical Description:
- viii, 282 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, 1968.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Based on the author's thesis, University of Iowa.
- "Copyright ©1968 Columbia University Press"--verso of title page.
- Index: pages [277]-282.
- Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (pages [233]-276).
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018.
- Kislak Center copy retains dust jacket. Has purchase receipt laid in.
- OCLC:
- 173426
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