This book offers a cultural history of the travels of energy in the English language, from its origins in Aristotle's ontology, where it referred to the activity-of-being, through its English usage as a way to speak about the inherent nature of things, to its adoption as a name for the mechanics of motion (capacity for work).
This book offers a cultural history of the travels of energy in the English language, from its origins in Aristotle's ontology, where it referred to the activity-of-being, through its English usage as a way to speak about the inherent nature of things, to its adoption as a name for the mechanics of motion (capacity for work).
A History of the Cultural Travels of Energy: From Aristotle to the OED
368A History of the Cultural Travels of Energy: From Aristotle to the OED
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ISBN-13: | 9781032344461 |
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Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Publication date: | 10/09/2024 |
Series: | Routledge Studies in Cultural History |
Pages: | 368 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) |