The atom in the history of human thought /
By: Pullman, Bernard
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Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998, (2001)Description: x, 403 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0195150406; 9780195150407:; 0195114477 (cloth : alk. paper).Subject(s): Atomic theory -- History | Atoms | Atoms -- History | Atomic theoryDDC classification: 539.1409 Summary: The debate over the atom is really a debate about the ultimate nature of physical reality and this book examines the ideas of virtually all the great thinkers on this topic. Pullman shows how scientists have dominated the debate in the 20th century.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-392) and index.
The debate over the atom is really a debate about the ultimate nature of physical reality and this book examines the ideas of virtually all the great thinkers on this topic. Pullman shows how scientists have dominated the debate in the 20th century.
Includes index.