The tests of time : readings in the development of physical theory /

The development of physical theory is one of our greatest intellectual achievements. Its products--the currently prevailing theories of physics, astronomy, and cosmology--have proved themselves to possess intrinsic beauty and to have enormous explanatory and predictive power. This anthology of prima...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Dolling, Lisa M., 1962-, Gianelli, Arthur F., Statile, Glenn N., 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2003.
Temas:
Physical sciences > History.
Science > Philosophy.
Sciences physiques > Histoire.
SCIENCE > Essays.
SCIENCE > Reference.
SCIENCE > Physics > General.
Physical sciences
Science > Philosophy
Geschichte
Physik
Quelle
Natuurkunde.
Filosofie.
History
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  • Philosophical introduction: Philosophy of science and physical theory
  • The heliocentric theory. The physical foundation for the geocentric universe / Aristotle
  • An early version of heliocentrism / Aristarchus
  • The case for geocentrism / Claudius Ptolemy
  • First thoughts on heliocentrism ; The heliocentric theory / Nicholaus Copernicus
  • The supernova of 1572 ; Observational evidence against the Aristotelian cosmology / Tycho Brahe
  • The sun as the source of planetary motions / Johannes Kepler
  • Telescopic observations in support of Copernicus / Galileo Galilei
  • The superiority of the Copernican system / Johannes Kepler
  • The coherence of the Copernican theory / Galileo Galilei
  • The physical foundations of heliocentrism / Isaac Newton
  • The discovery of stellar parallax / John Herschel
  • Electromagnetic field theory. The properties of magnets / William Gilbert
  • The law of electric force / Charles Coulomb
  • The effect of a current of electricity on a magnetic needle / Hans Christian Oersted
  • A positivist approach to electromagnetism / Andre Marie Ampere
  • The particle theory of light / Isaac Newton
  • The wave theory of light / Christiaan Huygens
  • The vindication of the wave theory of light / Thomas Young
  • The transverse nature of light waves / Augustin Fresnel, Dominique Arago
  • Electromagnetic induction ; The concept of an electromagnetic field / Michael Faraday
  • The theory of the electromagnetic field ; The electromagnetic theory of light ; The medium for electromagnetic action / James Clerk Maxwell
  • The production of electromagnetic waves / Heinrich Hertz
  • The theory of relativity. The ether / James Clerk Maxwell
  • The ether and optical experiments / Albert Michelson
  • The contraction hypothesis / George F. Fitzgerald
  • The contraction hypothesis / Hendrik A. Lorentz
  • A prelude to relativity / Henri Poincare
  • The postulates of the special theory of relativity / Albert Einstein
  • The space-time continuum / Herman Minkowski
  • The foundation of the general theory of relativity ; The ramifications of the special and general theories of relativity / Albert Einstein
  • The bending of light rays / Arthur Eddington
  • Ether and realitiivy ; Later comments on general relativity ; M=MC[squared] / Albert Einstein.
  • Quantum theory. Historical and conceptual development. The quantum hypothesis / Max Planck
  • The photon / Albert Einstein
  • The quantum character of the atom / Niels Bohr
  • The wave nature of the electron / Louis de Broglie
  • Complementarity and the new quantum theory ; The debate with Einstein / Neils Bohr
  • Response to Bohr / Albert Einstein
  • A brief history of quantum theory ; The Copenhagen interpretation / Werner Heisenberg
  • The fundamental idea of wave mechanics ; Are there quantum jumps? / Erwin Schrodinger
  • The conceptual difficulties of quantum theory / P.A.M. Dirac
  • Observer-created reality / John Archibald Wheeler
  • The completeness debate. The EPR paradox / Albert Einstein, Boris Podolsky, Nathan Rosen
  • The argument for incompleteness / Albert Einstein
  • Response to EPR / Niels Bohr
  • The hidden variables hypothesis / David Bohm
  • Comment on the hidden variables hypothesis ; A Conceptual analysis of the EPR thought experiment of David Bohm / John Stewart Bell
  • Philosophical reflections on the completeness debate / Abner Shimony
  • Big bang cosmological theory. Variables in the magellanic clouds ; The variability-luminosity relationship / Henrietta Leavitt
  • The radial velocity of the Andromenda Nebula ; The discovery of the red shift of Nebulae / Vesto Slipper
  • The measurement of great distances / Harlow Shapley
  • Relativity and cosmology / Willem de Sitter
  • The structure of the universe ; The velocity-distance relation / Edwin Hubble
  • The expanding universe / Arthur Eddington
  • The beginning of big bang cosmology / Georges Lemaitre
  • The discovery of background radiation / Arno Penzias, Robert Wilson
  • An explanation of the Penzias and Wilson discovery / R.H. Dicke, P.J.E. Peebles, P.G. Roll. D.T. Wilkinson
  • The cosmic microwave radiation background / Steven Weinberg
  • The inflationary universe / Alan Guth, Paul Steinhardt
  • Wrinkles in time / George Smoot, Keay Davidson
  • The edge of spacetime / Stephen Hawking
  • Epilogue. Physical theory : present and future / Helge Kragh.

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