Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences, Volume 6
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A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field
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Alpha particle
Annalen der Physik
Atomic nucleus
Atomic physics
Atomic theory
Atomism
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Bose-Einstein statistics
Caloric theory
Calorimeter (particle physics)
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Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
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Chemistry
Classical electromagnetism
Classical physics
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Coulomb's law
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Electromagnetism
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Experimental physics
History and philosophy of science
Hypothesis
Kinetic theory of gases
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Law of mass action
Ludwig Boltzmann
Luminiferous aether
Matrix mechanics
Max Planck
Maxwell's equations
Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
Mechanical philosophy
Metallurgy
Michael Faraday
Microscopic reversibility
Minkowski diagram
Modern physics
National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom)
Natural philosophy
Neoplatonism
Newton's law of universal gravitation
Newton's rings
Newtonianism
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Philosophy of mathematics
Philosophy of science
Phlogiston theory
Photon
Physical chemistry
Physical law
Physical organic chemistry
Physicist
Planck constant
Planck's law
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Quantum chemistry
Quantum electrodynamics
Quantum mechanics
Rangaku
Richard Feynman
Savilian Professor of Geometry
Science and Hypothesis
Scientific revolution
Scientific theory
Sheffield Scientific School
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Special relativity
The Logic of Scientific Discovery
The Philosopher
Theoretical physics
Theory
Theory of heat
Theory of relativity
Thomas Kuhn
Time in physics
Valence (chemistry)
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- ISBN 9780691654324
- Weight: 964g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 21 Mar 2017
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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This sixth volume of Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences presents articles by ten eminent scholars on the intellectual and social history of the physical sciences from the eighteenth century to the present. CONTENTS * The Emergence of Japan's First Physicists: 1868-1900 (Kenkichiro Koizumi) * The Reception of the Wave Theory of Light in Britain: A Case Study Illustrating the Role of Methodology in Scientific Debate (Geoffrey Cantor) * Origins and Consolidation of Field Theory in Nineteenth Century Britain: From the Mechanical to the Electromagnetic View of Nature (Barbara Giusti Doran) * Hertz's Researches on Electromagnetic Waves (Salvo D'Agostino) * God and Nature: Priestley's Way of Rational Dissent (J. G. McEvoy and J. E. McGuire) * Laurent, Gerhardt, and the Philosophy of Chemistry (John Hedley Brooke) * The Lewis-Langrnuir Theory of Valence and the Chemical Community, 1920-1928 (Robert E. Kohler, Jr.) * G. N. Lewis on Detailed Balancing, the Symmetry of Time, and the Nature of Light (Roger H. Stuewer) * Rutherford and Recoil Atoms: The Metamorphosis and Success of a Once Stillborn Theory (Thaddeus J. Trenn) Originally published in 1976.
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