The beginnings of piezoelectricity : a study in mundane physics
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The beginnings of piezoelectricity : a study in mundane physics
（Boston studies in the philosophy of science, v. 246）
Springer, c2006
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Hokkaido University, Library, Graduate School of Science, Faculty of Science and School of Science研究室
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-266) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Beginnings of Piezoelectricity, the first history of the subject, exhaustively examines how diverse influences led to the discovery of the phenomenon in 1880, and how they shaped subsequent research until the consolidation of an empirical and theoretical knowledge of the field circa 1895. Shaul Katzir's historical account shows that this 'mundane' science was an intriguing intellectual and practical enterprise, which involved originality, surprises and controversies.
Table of Contents
Introduction.
1: The discovery of the piezoelectric effect.
2: The Road to the Descriptive Theory
3: Theories and models about the causes of the piezoelectric phenomena.
4: Theoretical elaboration of Voigt's theory.
5: Empirical work in the 1890s
Concluding Remarks
Appendix. 1. Earlier appearances of electricity by pressure.
Appendix 2. Mathematical Works on Voigt's General Theory
Appendix 3. Voigt's Concepts of Electric Charge
Appendix 4. Tables
Bilbliography
Index
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