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Her most famous book On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences, which is mentioned in the article, is available in full on Archive.org and looks to be a rather
by cbkeller 6y ago
Her most famous book On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences, which is mentioned in the article, is available in full on Archive.org and looks to be a rather interesting read [1].
[1] https://archive.org/details/onconnexionphys01somegoog https://archive.org/details/onconnexionphys01somegoog
- cbkeller 6y agoHere is the full text [1] of Whewell's review of this book, by the way, in which the term scientist appears to have first appeared in print [2,3] [1] https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/sciencecomma/files/2015/04/whewell_1834_scientist.pdf https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/sciencecomma/files/2015/04/whewell_... [2] https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/sciencecomma/2015/04/09/whewell-and-the-coining-of-scientist-in-the-quarterly-review/ https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/sciencecomma/2015/04/09/whewell-and... [3] https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/172698 https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/172698 (note: paywall, but generally the authoritative source)