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Thomas Nail approaches the theory of objects historically in order to tell a completely new story in which objects themselves are the true agents of scientific knowledge. They are processes, not things. This is the first history of science and technology, from prehistory to the present, illuminating the agency, knowledge and mobility of objects.
Contents
Introduction: A World of Objects
Part I: The Kinetic Object
1. The Flow of Matter
2. The Fold of Number
3. The Field of Knowledge
Part II: A History of Objects
I. The Ordinal Object
4. The Centripetal Object
5. The Prehistoric Object
II. The Cardinal Object
6. The Centrifugal Object
7. The Ancient Object I
8. The Ancient Object II
III. The Intensive Object
9. The Tensional Object
10. The Medieval Object I
11. The Medieval Object II
IV. The Potential Object
12. The Elastic Object
13. The Modern Object I
14. The Modern Object II
Part III: The Contemporary Object
The Loop Object
15. The Pedetic Object
16. The Contemporary Object I: Quantum Theory
17. The Contemporary Object II: Category Theory
18. The Contemporary Object III: Chaos Theory
Conclusion
Index
