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Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy

por John F. W. Herschel · 17 partes · about 7 hours 42 minutes de leitura

Olá, meu nome é Finn e vou ajudar você a entender este livro.

Aqui está, explicado como se você tivesse 10 anos:

Como funciona realmente a ciência? John Herschel, astrónomo famoso, responde neste clássico amigável, guardado aqui na sua edição revista de 1851. Ele explica, passo a passo, como observamos com cuidado, ordenamos o que vemos, tentamos adivinhar causas e testamos as nossas hipóteses até surgirem leis verdadeiras. Usa exemplos simples da vida quotidiana e dos céus. Darwin leu este livro ainda jovem e disse que ele despertou a sua própria ambição.

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O livro completo é lido em inglês. Aqui estão todos os capítulos:

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Capítulos

Part I, Chapter 1: Of Man Regarded as a Creature of Instinct, of Reason, and Speculation: General Influence of Scientific Pursuits on the Mind22 min Part I, Chapter 2: Of Abstract Science as a Preparation for the Study of Physics: A Profound Acquaintance with It Not Indispensable for a Clear Understanding of Physical Laws: How a Conviction of Their Truth May Be Obtained Without It: Instances: Further Division of the Subject22 min Part I, Chapter 3: Of the Nature and Objects, Immediate and Collateral, of Physical Science, as Regarded in Itself, and in Its Application to the Practical Purposes of Life, and Its Influence on the Well-Being and Progress of Society50 min Part II, Chapter 1: Of Experience as the Source of Our Knowledge: Of the Dismissal of Prejudices: Of the Evidence of Our Senses13 min Part II, Chapter 2: Of the Analysis of Phenomena25 min Part II, Chapter 3: Of the State of Physical Science in General, Previous to the Age of Galileo and Bacon15 min Part II, Chapter 4: Of the Observation of Facts and the Collection of Instances21 min Part II, Chapter 5: Of the Classification of Natural Objects and Phenomena, and of Nomenclature11 min Part II, Chapter 6: Of the First Stage of Induction: The Discovery of Proximate Causes, and Laws of the Lowest Degree of Generality, and Their Verification (Part 1)31 min Part II, Chapter 6: Of the First Stage of Induction: The Discovery of Proximate Causes, and Laws of the Lowest Degree of Generality, and Their Verification (Part 2)30 min Part II, Chapter 7: Of the Higher Degrees of Inductive Generalization, and of the Formation and Verification of Theories42 min Part III, Chapter 1: Of the Phenomena of Force, and of the Constitution of Natural Bodies34 min Part III, Chapter 2: Of the Communication of Motion Through Bodies: Of Sound and Light24 min Part III, Chapter 3: Of Cosmical Phenomena33 min Part III, Chapter 4: Of the Examination of the Material Constituents of the World25 min Part III, Chapter 5: Of the Imponderable Forms of Matter46 min Part III, Chapter 6: Of the Causes of the Actual Rapid Advance of the Physical Sciences Compared with Their Progress at an Earlier Period19 min