Review article
On the life of Ruđer Bošković, his scientific and philosophical work
Vladimir Kadum
Abstract
The paper centres on one of the greatest Croatian scientists of all time, a philosopher, mathematician, physicist, astronomer, geodesist… who tackled issues in astronomy, optics, mechanics, geodesy, building techniques, etc.
Bošković’s work of life Theoria philosophiae naturalis (1758) presents his views on the structure of matter and the relations in nature, all of which is – as he himself underlines – reduced to a single law of forces that exists in nature. Finally, his most significant treatises are listed.
Keywords
Ruđer Bošković; scientist; philosopher; mathematician; physicist
Hrčak ID:
16430
URI
Publication date:
4.9.2007.
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