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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... 61 JEFFERSON'S SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION 68 A NATURALIST IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY : CONFUTATION OF THE THEORY OF " DEGENERATION " IN THE NEW WORLD 72 MATHEMATICS AND POLITICS : APPORTIONMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE CONGRESS 7.
... CONCERNING POLITICAL BALANCE 225 NEWTON'S LAWS OF MOTION AND THE STRUCTURE OF CONGRESS 227 ELECTRICAL THEORY IN DEFENSE OF A BICAMERAL LEGISLATURE 230 ADAMS'S ATTITUDES TOWARD SOME OTHER ASPECTS OF SCIENCE 232 THE 8 CONTENTS.
... " 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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