Gender and Boyle's Law of GasesIndiana University Press, 22 avr. 2001 - 210 pages Boyle's Law, which describes the relation between the pressure and volume of a gas, was worked out by Robert Boyle in the mid-1600s. His experiments are still considered examples of good scientific work and continue to be studied along with their historical and intellectual contexts by philosophers, historians, and sociologists. Now there is controversy over whether Boyle's work was based only on experimental evidence or whether it was influenced by the politics and religious controversies of the time, including especially class and gender politics. |
Table des matières
Now We See It | 3 |
Now We Dont | 22 |
Boyles Work in Context | 43 |
Stuart Conflicts with Parliament | 45 |
Civil War Approaches | 49 |
The Intersection of Class and Gender Politics | 53 |
The Boyle Familys Religious and Class Politics | 61 |
More Class and Gender Politics | 66 |
Boyles Hermeticism Magic and Active Principles | 98 |
Hermeticism Hylozoism and Radical Politics | 109 |
Boyles Concern over the Sectaries | 116 |
Boyles Objections to Hylozoism | 124 |
Experimental Support for the Corpuscular Philosophy | 130 |
Boyles Law of Gases | 148 |
The Production of an Alternative Law | 151 |
Good Science | 172 |