Thomas K. Simpson, Newton, Maxwell, Marx: Reflections on the Idea of Science

Essays in the dialectic of science

Newton, Maxwell, Marx: three pillars of our western intellectual inheritance, yet each more celebrated in encyclopaedias and histories than read. It is the thesis of this new volume forthcoming from the Green Lion Press that there is much to be gained from a fresh reading of these authors. Three extensive essays are collected here, each reflecting a re-reading of a work of one of these authors: respectively, Newton's Principia, Maxwell's Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, and Marx's Capital. A commentary has been added, linking them and proposing a dialectical thread that begins in the 17th century, and develops an unfolding vision of science still challenging in our own time.

Thomas K. Simpson

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