Leviathan and the air-pump: Hobbes, Boyle, and the experimental life : including a translation of Thomas Hobbes, Dialogus physicus de natura aeris by Simon Schaffer

456 Pages·1985·4.35 MB·English

by  Steven Shapin

STEVENS HAPIN& SIMONS CHAFFER
LEVIATHAN AND THE AIR-PUMP
HOBBES, BOYLE, AND THE EXPERIMENTAL LIFE
INCLUDI:-.!GA TRANSLATIOONF THOMASH OBBES,
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