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The first full biography of John Michell
Today Michell's name is well known to physicists, astronomers and cosmologists for his anticipation of black holes
Contains unpublished letters
Part of the book series: Archimedes (ARIM, volume 28)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Michell’s Life and Work
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Front Matter
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Michell’s Life and Work
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Michell’s Letters
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Front Matter
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Michell's Letters
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Eugene, USA
Russell McCormmach
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Weighing the World
Book Subtitle: The Reverend John Michell of Thornhill
Authors: Russell McCormmach
Series Title: Archimedes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2022-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-2021-3Published: 08 December 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9361-3Published: 01 March 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-2022-0Published: 07 December 2011
Series ISSN: 1385-0180
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0064
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 490
Topics: History of Science, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, History of Philosophy