William Whewell, a Composite Portrait

Simon Schaffer, Menachem Fisch, Lecturer in the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas Menachem Fisch, University Lecturer in History and Philosophy of Science Simon Schaffer — 1991

This collection of essays pays tribute to the Victorian intellectual, William Whewell, whose influence can be traced in fields as diverse as moral philosophy, mineralogy, architecture, the politics of education, physics and engineering.