Immanuel Kant. Caricature of the German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804). Kant published various influential philosophical works on the natural sciences,particularly geophysics and astronomy. In 1755,during work on Newtonian cosmology,Kant introduced the nebular theory of solar system origins. He also predicted the existence of the planet Uranus before its discovery by Herschel. Another influential theory was his belief in two fundamental forces: gravitational (attractive) and elastic (repulsive). He also rejected the theory that matter was indivisible | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Brown, Gary |
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