Science and society : the history of modern physical science in the twentieth century
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Science and society : the history of modern physical science in the twentieth century
Routledge, 2001
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First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Vol. 1: The Roots of Special Relativity 0-415-93715-9: 350pp Einstein, Albert. 'On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies.' In Albert Einsteins Special Theory of Relativity: Emergence (1905) and Early Interpretation (1905-1911), translated by Arthur I. Miller (Reading, PA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1981) Holton, Gerald. 'Mach, Einstein, and the Search for Reality'. In Gerald Holton, ed., Thematic Origins of Scientific Thought: Kepler to Einstein, rev. ed. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1988). Holton, Gerald. 'Einstein and the Cultural Roots of Modern Science' Daedalus 127 (Winter 1998). Darrigol, Oliver. 'Henri Poincare's Criticism of Fin-de-siecle Electrodynamics'. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 26 (1995). Janssen, Michel. 'Reconsidering a Scientific Revolution: The Case of Einstein Versus Lorentz.' Unpublished. Miller, Arthur I. 'The Special Relativity Theory: Einstein's Response to the Physics of 1905'. In Gerald Holton and Yehudah Elkana, eds., Albert Einstein: Historical and Cultural Perspectives (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1982). Galison, Peter. 'Einstein's Clocks: The Place of Time'. Critical Enquiry 26 (Winter 2000). Cassidy, David. 'Understanding the History of Special Relativity'. Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences 16 (1986) Pyenson, Lewis. 'The Relativity Revolution in Germany.' In The Comparitive Reception of Relativity (Dordrecht: Reidel, 1987). Glick, Thomas. 'Cultural Issues in the Reception of Relativity (Dordrecht: Reidel, 1987) Goldberg, Stanley. 'In Defense of the Ether: The British Response to Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity, 1905-1911.' Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences 2 (1970). Warwick, Andrew. 'Cambridge Mathematics and Cavendish Physics: Cunningham, Campbell, and Einstein's Relativity, 1905-1911. Part I: The Uses of Theory.' Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 23 (1992). Vol. 2: The Roots of General Relativity 0-415-93716-7: 350pp Einstein, Albert. 'Notes on the Origin of the General Theory of Relativity.' In Carl Seelig, ed., Ideas and Opinions (New York, NY: Crown, 1982). Stachel, John. 'Einstein's Search for the General Convariance, 1912-1915.' In Don Howard and John Stachel, eds., Einstein and the History of General Relativity (Boston, MA: Birkhauser, 1989). Norton, John. 'Einstein and Nordstrom: Some Lesser-Known Thought Experiments in Gravitation.' In John Earman, Michel Janssen, and John Norton eds., The Attraction of Gravitation: New Studies in the History of General Relativity (Boston, MA: Birkhauser, 1993). Hoefer, Carl. 'Einstein's Struggle for a
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