School of Natural Philosophy

School of Natural Philosophy

Richard Green Parker's "School of Natural Philosophy" is the scientific textbook credited with inspiring the inventor Thomas Edison.

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* [http://www.history.rochester.edu/ehp-book/pnaep/ "Parker's Natural And Experimental Philosophy" (Electronic Historical Publications)]
*cite episode |transcripturl=http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi2071.htm |series=The Engines of Our Ingenuity |serieslink=The Engines of Our Ingenuity |number=2071 |title=Parker's Philosophy |credits=John H. Lienhard |network=NPR |station=KUHF-FM Houston |airdate=2006


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