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Alfred North Whitehead
The brilliant mathematician explores the problems of substance, space, and time; criticizes Einstein’s method of interpreting results; and offers an alternative theory of the four-dimensional space-time manifold. 1920 edition.
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Following up on his two previous works, The Principles of Natural Knowledge and The Concept of Nature, Whitehead explains his alternative theory of relativity, which cuts away the casual heterogeneity…
A companion volume to the author’s An enquiry concerning the principles of natural knowldge –Preface.
Starting withthe formulations of axioms, this text examines associated projective space, ideal points, general theory of correspondence, axioms of congruence, infinitesimal rotations, the absolute, and metrical geometry. 1907 edition.
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Concise volume for general students by prominent philosopher and mathematician explains what math is and does, and how mathematicians do it. Lucid and cogent … should delight you. The New…
Hailed as one of the most valuable books on the relation of philosophy and science, Alfred North Whitehead’s The Concept of Nature, first published in 1920, was an important contribution…
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…
An Unabridged Printing, With Text And All Figures Digitally Enlarged: The Formulations Of The Axioms - The Associated Projective Space - Ideal Points - General Theory Of Correspondence - Axioms…
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe…
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1920 Edition.
Contributing Authors Include Edward G. Ballard, Alan B. Brinkley, Ramona T. Cormier, Harold N. Lee, Stephen C. Pepper, Andrew J. Reck, And Robert Whittemore.
Originally published in 1920 and based on the Tarner Lectures in the philosophy of science, this work is a contribution to the development of philosophic naturalism. It also features the…
Presents the texts of a series of lectures delivered between 1912 and 1928 on the purposes and practice of education.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
An English mathematician and philosopher, Alfred North Whitehead provided the foundation for the school of thought known as process philosophy. With an academic career that spanned from Cambridge to Harvard…
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Science and the modern world, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
The Principle Of Relativity With Applications To Physical Science has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge…
Originally published in 1925, Alfred North Whitehead’s Science and the Modern World was a groundbreaking work that redefined the concept of modern science.
This influential discussion of the fundamental metaphysical problems of space, time and substance continues to be important and illuminating for philosophers and scientists alike. With a specially commissioned preface written…
Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) was a prominent English mathematician and philosopher. Religion in the Making, which originated in a series of four lectures delivered in King’s Chapel, Boston, during February…
First published as part of the Cambridge Miscellany series in 1934, this book presents the content of two lectures delivered by Alfred North Whitehead at the University of Chicago in…
Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) was equally celebrated as a mathematician, a philosopher and a physicist. This volume, published in 1898, deals with the general principles of universal algebra and covers…
Whitehead’s ten American essays in social philosophy are here reprinted in their original form, although not in chronological sequence. They have been rearranged to present first Whitehead’s statement of general…
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Modes de pensee (1938) est le point final de l'evolution de Whitehead vers la metaphysique. La philosophie del'organisme elaboree d'abord dans Science and the Modern World (1925) puis la cosmologie…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger PublishingAcentsa -a centss Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed…
Starting with the formulations of axioms, this text examines associated projective space, ideal points, general theory of correspondence, axioms of congruence, infinitesimal rotations, the absolute, and metrical geometry. 1907 edition.
