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
（Cambridge history of science）
Cambridge University Press, 1982
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Hokkaido University, Library, Graduate School of Science, Faculty of Science and School of Science図書
dc19:530.09/h2272021175681
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Bibliography: p. 156-176
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- 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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