Science and the Founding Fathers: Science in the Political Thought of Jefferson, Franklin, Adams and MadisonW. W. Norton & Company, 1997 - 368 Seiten Thomas Jefferson was the only president who could read and understand Newton's Principia. Benjamin Franklin is credited with establishing the science of electricity. John Adams had the finest education in science that the new country could provide, including "Pnewmaticks, Hydrostaticks, Mechanicks, Staticks, Opticks." James Madison, chief architect of the Constitution, peppered his Federalist Papers with references to physics, chemistry, and the life sciences. For these men science was an integral part of life--including political life. This is the story of their scientific education and of how they employed that knowledge in shaping the political issues of the day, incorporating scientific reasoning into the Constitution. |
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... WILSON AND THOMAS POWNALL 36 SHIFTS IN SCIENTIFIC INTEREST AND IN THE SOURCE OF SCIENTIFIC METAPHORS 41 DEDUCTIVE VERSUS INDUCTIVE THOUGHT 56 CONCLUSION 59 2 Science and the Political Thought of Thomas Jefferson : The Declaration of ...
... WILSON ON THE CONSTITUTION AS A NEWTONIAN DOCUMENT 245 LATER VIEWS ON THE CONSTITUTION AS A NEWTONIAN DOCUMENT 249 A DIFFERENT VIEW OF SCIENCE AND THE CONSTITUTION 255 SCIENCE IN THE DELIBERATIONS AT THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION 257 ...
... SCIENCE " AND " USEFUL ARTS " 306 12 WOODROW WILSON ON THE CONSTITUTION , NEWTONIAN PHILOSOPHY , AND THE WHIG THEORY OF GOVERNMENT 308 Notes 315 Acknowledgments 351 Index 355 7 Preface T he guiding principle of this book is the 10 CONTENTS.
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Preface | 11 |
A Scientist in the World of Public Affairs | 135 |
Some Aspects of the Thought and Career | 196 |
6 | 281 |
WOODROW WILSON ON THE CONSTITUTION NEWTONIAN | 308 |
Notes | 315 |
Acknowledgments | 351 |
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