Willard Gibbs: The Whole Is Simpler Than Its Parts - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Muriel Rukeyser, Maria Popova (Foreword by)Publish date:2025-04-22Pages:464
Language:EnglishPublisher:Marginalian EditionsISBN-13:9781961341159ISBN-10:1961341158UPC:9781961341159Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Science & Technology, Philosophers, United StatesBook Topic:19th CenturySize:8.40 x 5.90 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.5917Product ID:SC5GKCG8EA
Willard Gibbs: The Whole Is Simpler Than Its Parts
Marginalian Editions presents a groundbreaking poet's biography of the forgotten scientist who founded physical chemistry, shaping much of the 20th century--and an ingenious, expansive treatise on American creativity, character, and remembrance.
Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839-1903) was an American visionary whose work shaped a century of science by bridging classical mechanics and quantum physics. A...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Marginalian EditionsISBN-13:9781961341159ISBN-10:1961341158UPC:9781961341159Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Science & Technology, Philosophers, United StatesBook Topic:19th CenturySize:8.40 x 5.90 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.5917Product ID:SC5GKCG8EA
Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980) was a prolific poet, playwright, biographer, novelist, children's book author, and political activist. Her first collection of poetry, 1935's Theory of Flight, won the Yale Younger Poets Prize. During her life she was the recipient of a National Institute of Arts and Letters award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Levinson Prize for Poetry, and the Shelley Memorial Award,...
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