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Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences, Volume 7 / Seventh annual volume / Seventh annual volume /
The first article in this volume, by Tetu Hirosige, is a definitive study of the genesis of Einstein's theory of relativity. Other articles treat topics--theoretical, experimental, philosophical, and institutional--in the history of physics and chemistry from the researches of Laplace and Lavoi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2015
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| Colección: | Princeton legacy library.
Book collections on Project MUSE. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Editor's foreword
- The ether problem, the mechanistic worldview, and the origins of the theory of relativity / Tetu Hirosige
- Einstein's early scientific collaboration / Lewis Pyenson
- Max Planck's philosophy of nature and his elaboration of the special theory of relativity / Stanley Goldberg
- The concept of particle creation before and after quantum mechanics / Joan Bromberg
- Chemistry as a branch of physics : Laplace's collaboration with Lavoisier / Henry Guerlac
- Mayer's concept of "force" : the "axis" of a new science of physics / P.M. Heimann
- Debates over the theory of solution : a study of dissent in physical chemistry in the English-Speaking world in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries / R.G.A. Dolby
- The rise of physics laboratories in Britain / Romualdas Sviedrys
- The establishment of the Royal College of Chemistry : an investigation of the social context of early-Victorian chemistry / Gerrylynn K. Roberts.