Treatise on natural philosophy
by William Thomson Kelvin, Peter Guthrie Tait · first published 1867
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…strangely seems focused on works written in French, but I think English perhaps have an even richer popular science or 'Natural History' literature from the 19th century. I have heard good things about "Treatise on Natural Philosophy" by William Thompson(Lord Kelvin) and Peter Guthrie Tait. Another one, Charles Lyell "Principles of Geology". Gilbert White "Natural History of Selborne" and Izzak Walton "The Compleat Angler" also.
on “18th-Century Writers Created the Genre of Popular Science” ↗…the words "natural philosophy", akin to "systematic study of nature". Even in the 19th century, a treatise by Lord Kelvin and Peter Guthrie Tait, which helped define much of modern physics, was titled Treatise on Natural Philosophy (1867). > "systematic study of nature" And what do we do? What is nature to study? What is life to study? Our own puzzled face, staring back at us.
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