Energy, force, and matter : the conceptual development of nineteenth-century physics

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Energy, force, and matter : the conceptual development of nineteenth-century physics

P.M. Harman

(Cambridge history of science)

Cambridge University Press, 1982

  • : pbk

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注記

Bibliography: p. 156-176

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

By focusing on the conceptual issues faced by nineteenth century physicists, this book clarifies the status of field theory, the ether, and thermodynamics in the work of the period. A remarkably synthetic account of a difficult and fragmentary period in scientific development.

目次

  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction: The conceptual structure of nineteenth-century physics
  • 2. The context of physical theory: energy, force and matter
  • 3. Energy physics and mechanical explanation
  • 4. Matter and force: ether and field theories
  • 5. Matter theory: problems of molecular physics
  • 6. Epilogue: the decline of the mechanical world view
  • Bibliographic essay
  • Sources of Quotations
  • Index.

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