Particles and waves : historical essays in the philosophy of science /

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This volume brings together six published and two new essays by the noted philosopher of science, Peter Achinstein. It represents the culmination of his examination of methodological issues that arise in nineteenth-century physics. He focuses on the philosophical problem of how, if at all, it is pos...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Achinstein, Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.
Temas:
Science > Philosophy > History.
Physics > Methodology > History.
Wave-particle duality > History.
Sciences > Philosophie > Histoire.
Physique > Histoire.
Dualité onde-corpuscule > Histoire.
Physique > Méthodologie > Histoire.
SCIENCE > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Physics > Methodology.
Science > Philosophy.
Wave-particle duality.
Philosophie
Physik
Welle-Teilchen-Dualismus
Deeltjesmechanica.
Golfbewegingsenergie.
Science > Philosophy
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Theories of light : particles versus waves. Newton's corpuscular query and experimental philosophy ; Light hypotheses ; Hypotheses, probability, and waves
  • Maxwell and the kinetic theory of gases. Theoretical derivations ; Maxwell's analogies and kinetic theory ; Scientific discovery and Maxwell's kinetic theory ; The only game in town
  • Cathode rays and the electron. Theory, experiment, and cathode rays.

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