Representing Electrons
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A01=Theodore Arabatzis
Author_Theodore Arabatzis
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electrons
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invisible
ion
irving langmuir
karl popper
kuhn
lorentz
meaning change
nonfiction
philosophy
physics
putnam
quantum theory
relativity
representation
science
scientific realism
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zeeman effect
Product details
- ISBN 9780226024219
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 17 x 23mm
- Publication Date: 20 Dec 2005
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Both a history and a metahistory, "Representing Electrons" focuses on the development of various theoretical representations of electrons from the late 1890s to 1925 and the methodological problems associated with writing about unobservable scientific entities. Using the electron - or rather its representation - as a historical actor, Theodore Arabatzis illustrates the emergence and gradual consolidation of its representation in physics, its career throughout old quantum theory, and its appropriation and reinterpretation by chemists. As Arabatzis develops this novel biographical approach, he portrays scientific representations as partly autonomous agents with lives of their own. Furthermore, he argues that the considerable variance in the representation of the electron does not undermine its stable identity or existence.
Raising philosophical issues of contentious debate in the history and philosophy of science - namely, scientific realism and meaning change - Arabatzis addresses the history of the electron across disciplines, integrating historical narrative with philosophical analysis in a book that will be a touch-stone for historians and philosophers of science and scientists alike.
Theodore Arabatzis is assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy and History of Science at the University of Athens.
