Gender and Boyle's Law of Gases / Elizabeth Potter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Potter, Elizabeth, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boyle's law.

Hylozoism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Gender and Boyle's Law of GasesElizabeth PotterRe-examines the assumptions and experimental evidence behind Boyle's Law.Boyle's Law, which describes the relation between the pressure and volume of a gas, was worked out by Robert Boyle in the mid-1600s. His experiments are still considered examples of good scientific work and continue to be studied along with their historical and intellectual contexts by philosophers, historians, and sociologists. Now there is controversy over wheth

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Now We See It; 2 Now We Don 't; 3 Economics, Politics, and Religion: Stuart Conflicts with Parliament; 4 Civil War Approaches; 5 The Intersection of Class and Gender Politics; 6 The Boyle Family's Religious and Class Politics; 7 More Class and Gender Politics; 8 Boyle's Gender Politics; 9 Boyle's Background Reading; 10 Boyle's Hermeticism, Magic, and Active Principles; 11 Hermeticism, Hylozoism, and Radical Politics; 12 Boyle's Concern over the Sectaries; 13 Boyle's Objections to Hylozoism; 14 Experimental Support for the Corpuscular Philosophy

15 Boyle's Law of Gases16 The Production of an Alternative Law; 17 Methodological Consider tions; 18 The Data Alone Proved Boyle's HypothesisŽ; 19 Good Science; Conclusion; Notes; Index; About the Author

Notes:

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Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781282065932

1282065939

9780253108463

0253108462

OCLC:

56635026