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Representing Electrons : a Biographical Approach to Theoretical Entities.

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 repres...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Arabatzis, Theodore, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 portray.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (311 pages)
Bibliografía:ReferencesIndex.
ISBN:9780226024226
0226024229