Overview
- 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- Contains unpublished letters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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Michell’s Life and Work
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Michell's Letters
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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