How Long to Read The Scientific Reinterpretation of Form

How Long Does it Take to Read The Scientific Reinterpretation of Form?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read The Scientific Reinterpretation of Form by Norma Emerton

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

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 persistent elements in natural philosophy—from its origins in Plato and Aristotle to the beginnings of the nineteenth century. Norma Emerton depicts the transformation of the form concept as it was transferred from a philosophical to a scientific context, and she explains how it was reinterpreted and used especially in particle theory, chemical doctrine, and crystallography in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. Throughout she emphasizes the philosophical, linguistic, and theological context of scientific theories, supporting her argument with evidence from a wide variety of primary sources, some of them little known, and many of them specially translated by the author. In form and style her book treats the history of a "unit-idea " in the grand tradition of A. 0. Lovejoy's Great Chain of Being. ''The story is a fascinating one,'' writes L. Pearce Williams in the Foreword. "This is 'internal' history of science which illustrates well the fact that scientific ideas have lives of their own worth investigating, describing, and analyzing. The result is a history that introduces one of the most important and central concerns of modern science." The Scientific Reinterpretation of Form will be of particular interest to historians and philosophers of science, intellectual historians, and others concerned with the dynamic interaction between philosophy, theology, and science.

How long is The Scientific Reinterpretation of Form?

The Scientific Reinterpretation of Form by Norma Emerton is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.

This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Scientific Reinterpretation of Form Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read The Scientific Reinterpretation of Form aloud.

What Reading Level is The Scientific Reinterpretation of Form?

The Scientific Reinterpretation of Form is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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