The Scientific Reinterpretation of Form /

The Scientific Reinterpretation of Form / / Norma Emerton.

A noteworthy study in the history of ideas, this is the first systematic account of an idea that was born with the concept of science itself in ancient Greece and that has been vital to its evolution ever since. The book traces the development of the concept of form—one of the most important and per...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
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Emerton, Norma,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]
©1984
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.) :; 16 b&w halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Foreword
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • 1. Form in the Mineral Kingdom
  • 2. The Development of the Concept of Form after Aristotle
  • 3. Mixtion and Minima: The Beginnings of a Corpuscular Approach to Form
  • 4. Minima and Atoms: The Corpuscular Reinterpretation of Form
  • 5. Atoms and Crystals: The Geometrical Approach to Form
  • 6. The Development of Form in the Platonic Tradition
  • 7. Spirit and Seed: The Chemical Reinterpretation of Form
  • 8. Salt, Earth, and Universal Acid: The Material Embodiment of Form
  • 9. The Form and Origin of Crystals
  • 10. Primitive Form: The Heart of the Matter
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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