Particles and Waves : Historical Essays in the Philosophy of Science.

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This volume contains six published and two new essays, focusing on philosophical problems surrounding the postulation of unobservable entities such as light waves, molecules and electrons.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Achinstein, Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1991.
Temas:
Science > Philosophy > History.
Physics > Methodology > History.
Wave-particle duality > History.
Physique > Méthodologie > Histoire.
Dualité onde-corpuscule > Histoire.
Physics > Methodology
Science > Philosophy
Wave-particle duality
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • General Introduction; Part I: Theories of Light: Particles versus Waves; 1. Introduction; 2. Newton's Corpuscular Query and Experimental Philosophy; 3. Light Hypotheses; 4. Hypotheses, Probability, and Waves; Part II: Maxwell and the Kinetic Theory of Gases; 5. Introduction; 6. Theoretical Derivations; 7. Maxwell's Analogies and Kinetic Theory; 8. Scientific Discovery and Maxwell's Kinetic Theory; 9. The Only Game in Town; Part III: Cathode Rays and the Electron; 10. Introduction; 11. Theory, Experiment, and Cathode Rays; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R.
  • ST; V; W; Y.

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