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Thomson was a mathematician, physicist, engineer, and professor of natural philosophy.
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IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2024
Amid the calamities of the Civil War, motion had emerged as the concept that linked natural philosophy to political theory.
—Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
Remember that a disproportionate contribution by the Arabs was in the domain of natural philosophy, the precursor to science.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 Aug. 2010
My criticisms were in part grounded in my perspective as a specialist in the history of early modern natural philosophy.
—Justin E. H. Smith, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2023
Florin is an instructor in Goethean science, a natural philosophy derived from German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe that takes a 360-degree approach to science and nature, emphasizes the intimate and intuitive experience between observer and the observed.
—Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 23 Apr. 2022
There, daily Bible study shared a dense curriculum with history, geography, mathematics, natural philosophy, Greek, Latin, music and rhetoric.
—Ian Zack, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2023
Prior to the modern era astrology and other pseudo-sciences were part of the body of natural philosophy.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 Aug. 2010
In 1687, Isaac Newton first published his Principia Mathematica, a three-volume work setting out his mathematical principles of natural philosophy.
—BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2021
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IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2024
Amid the calamities of the Civil War, motion had emerged as the concept that linked natural philosophy to political theory.
—Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
Remember that a disproportionate contribution by the Arabs was in the domain of natural philosophy, the precursor to science.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 Aug. 2010
My criticisms were in part grounded in my perspective as a specialist in the history of early modern natural philosophy.
—Justin E. H. Smith, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2023
Florin is an instructor in Goethean science, a natural philosophy derived from German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe that takes a 360-degree approach to science and nature, emphasizes the intimate and intuitive experience between observer and the observed.
—Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 23 Apr. 2022
There, daily Bible study shared a dense curriculum with history, geography, mathematics, natural philosophy, Greek, Latin, music and rhetoric.
—Ian Zack, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2023
Prior to the modern era astrology and other pseudo-sciences were part of the body of natural philosophy.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 Aug. 2010
In 1687, Isaac Newton first published his Principia Mathematica, a three-volume work setting out his mathematical principles of natural philosophy.
—BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2021
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“Natural philosophy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/natural%20philosophy. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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