The Personality of Henry Cavendish - A Great Scientist with Extraordinary Peculiarities

• Main Author: McCormmach, Russell (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, 36
• Subjects: History.; Chemistry.; Physics.; Personality.; Social psychology.; History of Science.; Personality and Social Psychology.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Chemistry/Food Science, general.; History, general.

Profiles the eminent 18th century natural philosopher Henry Cavendish, best known for his work in chemistry and physics and one of the most baffling personalities in the history of science. In these chapters we are introduced to the psychology of science and of scientists and we learn about Cavendis...

Table of Contents:

• Table of Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Preface
• Part I. He Always Knew What Was Right for Him
• 1. The Person
• 2. Normality, Abnormality, and Scientists
• 3. Everyday Life
• 4. Life of Natural Philosophy
• 5. Aspects of Personality
• 6. Views of Cavendish
• 7. Eccentricity
• 8. Autism
• 9. Conclusion
• Part II. He Saw What Interested Him
• 10. The Traveler
• Appendix 1. Journal of 1785
• Appendix 2. Cavendish and Grey Family Trees
• Appendix 3. Letters between Brothers: Henry and Frederick Cavendish
• Appendix 4. Cavendish’s Houses: Clapham Common and Bedford Square
• Appendix 5. Cavendishes, Lowthers, and Holker Hall.- Appendix 6. Autism
• Appendix 7. Physical Theory and Theory of Autism
• Bibliography
• Index.