The Connection of the Physical Sciences
Author | : Mary Somerville |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 1834 |
Genre | : Physical science |
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Author | : Mary Somerville |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 1834 |
Genre | : Physical science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : MARY. SOMERVILLE |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
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ISBN | : 9781033476130 |
Author | : Mary Somerville |
Publisher | : anboco |
Total Pages | : 812 |
Release | : 2016-09-27 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3736416156 |
Science, regarded as the pursuit of truth, must ever afford occupation of consummate interest, and subject of elevated meditation. The contemplation of the works of creation elevates the mind to the admiration of whatever is great and noble; accomplishing the object of all study, which, in the eloquent language of Sir James Mackintosh, "is to inspire the love of truth, of wisdom, of beauty—especially of goodness, the highest beauty—and of that supreme and eternal Mind, which contains all truth and wisdom, all beauty and goodness. By the love or delightful contemplation and pursuit of these transcendent aims, for their own sake only, the mind of man is raised from low and perishable objects, and prepared for those high destinies which are appointed for all those who are capable of them." Astronomy affords the most extensive example of the connection of the physical sciences. In it are combined the sciences of number and quantity, of rest and motion. In it we perceive the operation of a force which is mixed up with everything that exists in the heavens or on earth; which pervades every atom, rules the motions of animate and inanimate beings, and is as sensible in the descent of a rain-drop as in the falls of Niagara; in the weight of the air, as in the periods of the moon. Gravitation not only binds satellites to their planet, and planets to the sun, but it connects sun with sun throughout the wide extent of creation, and is the cause of the disturbances, as well as of the order of nature; since every tremor it excites in any one planet 2is immediately transmitted to the farthest limits of the system, in oscillations which correspond in their periods with the cause producing them, like sympathetic notes in music, or vibrations from the deep tones of an organ. The heavens afford the most sublime subject of study which can be derived from science.
Author | : Mary Somerville |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 460 |
Release | : 1957 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Mary Fairfax Somerville |
Publisher | : Library of Alexandria |
Total Pages | : 805 |
Release | : 2020-09-28 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1465591656 |
Science, regarded as the pursuit of truth, must ever afford occupation of consummate interest, and subject of elevated meditation. The contemplation of the works of creation elevates the mind to the admiration of whatever is great and noble; accomplishing the object of all study, which, in the eloquent language of Sir James Mackintosh, “is to inspire the love of truth, of wisdom, of beauty—especially of goodness, the highest beauty—and of that supreme and eternal Mind, which contains all truth and wisdom, all beauty and goodness. By the love or delightful contemplation and pursuit of these transcendent aims, for their own sake only, the mind of man is raised from low and perishable objects, and prepared for those high destinies which are appointed for all those who are capable of them.” Astronomy affords the most extensive example of the connection of the physical sciences. In it are combined the sciences of number and quantity, of rest and motion. In it we perceive the operation of a force which is mixed up with everything that exists in the heavens or on earth; which pervades every atom, rules the motions of animate and inanimate beings, and is as sensible in the descent of a rain-drop as in the falls of Niagara; in the weight of the air, as in the periods of the moon. Gravitation not only binds satellites to their planet, and planets to the sun, but it connects sun with sun throughout the wide extent of creation, and is the cause of the disturbances, as well as of the order of nature; since every tremor it excites in any one planet is immediately transmitted to the farthest limits of the system, in oscillations which correspond in their periods with the cause producing them, like sympathetic notes in music, or vibrations from the deep tones of an organ. The heavens afford the most sublime subject of study which can be derived from science. The magnitude and splendour of the objects, the inconceivable rapidity with which they move, and the enormous distances between them, impress the mind with some notion of the energy that maintains them in their motions, with a durability to which we can see no limit. Equally conspicuous is the goodness of the great First Cause, in having endowed man with faculties, by which he can not only appreciate the magnificence of His works, but trace, with precision, the operation of His laws, use the globe he inhabits as a base wherewith to measure the magnitude and distance of the sun and planets, and make the diameter (Note 1) of the earth’s orbit the first step of a scale by which he may ascend to the starry firmament. Such pursuits, while they ennoble the mind, at the same time inculcate humility, by showing that there is a barrier which no energy, mental or physical, can ever enable us to pass: that, however profoundly we may penetrate the depths of space, there still remain innumerable systems, compared with which, those apparently so vast must dwindle into insignificance, or even become invisible; and that not only man, but the globe he inhabits—nay, the whole system of which it forms so small a part—might be annihilated, and its extinction be unperceived in the immensity of creation.
Author | : Mary Somerville |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 496 |
Release | : 1846 |
Genre | : Physical sciences |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Mary Somerville |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2017-11-16 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780331210651 |
Excerpt from On the Connection of the Physical Sciences IT has been proved by Newton, that a particle of mat ter (n. 6) placed without the surface of a hollow sphere (n. Is attracted by it in the same manner as if the mass of the hollow sphere, or the whole matter it con tains, were collected into one dense particle in its center. The same is therefore true of a solid sphere, which may be supposed to consist of an infinite number of concentric hollow spheres (n. This, however, is not the case with a spheroid (n. But the celestial bodies are so nearly spherical, and at such remote distances from one another, that they attract and are attracted as if each were condensed into a single particle situate in its center of gravity (n. 10) - a circumstance which greatly facili tates the investigation of their motions. Newton has shown that the force which retains the moon in her orbit, is the same with that which causes heavy substances to fall at the surface of the earth. If the eafth were a sphere, and at rest, a body would be equally attracted, that is, it would have the same wei ht at every point of its surface, because the surface 0 a sphere is everywhere equally distant from its center. But as our planet is flattened at the poles (n. And bulges at the equator, the weight of the same body gradually decreases from the poles, where it is greatest, to the equator, where it is least. There is, however, a certain mean (n. 12) latitude (n. Or part of the earth intermediate between the pole and the equator, where the attraction of the earth on bodies at its surface is the same as if it were a sphere; and experience shows that bodies there fall through feet in a second. The mean distance (n. 14) of the moon from the earth is about sixty times the mean radius (n. 15) of the earth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : James B. Seaborn |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1468492799 |
The book provides a bridge from courses in general physics to the intermediate-level courses in classical mechanics, electrodynamics and quantum mechanics. The author bases the mathematical discussions on specific physical problems to provide a basis for developing mathematical intuition.
Author | : Mary Somerville |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 460 |
Release | : 1857 |
Genre | : Astronomy |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Giovanni Boniolo |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2005-07-22 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1402031076 |
Even though mathematics and physics have been related for centuries and this relation appears to be unproblematic, there are many questions still open: Is mathematics really necessary for physics, or could physics exist without mathematics? Should we think physically and then add the mathematics apt to formalise our physical intuition, or should we think mathematically and then interpret physically the obtained results? Do we get mathematical objects by abstraction from real objects, or vice versa? Why is mathematics effective into physics? These are all relevant questions, whose answers are necessary to fully understand the status of physics, particularly of contemporary physics. The aim of this book is to offer plausible answers to such questions through both historical analyses of relevant cases, and philosophical analyses of the relations between mathematics and physics.