Particles and waves : historical essays in the philosophy of science /
This volume brings together six published and two new essays by the noted philosopher of science, Peter Achinstein. It represents the culmination of his examination of methodological issues that arise in nineteenth-century physics. He focuses on the philosophical problem of how, if at all, it is pos...
| Основен автор: | Achinstein, Peter. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
Oxford University Press,
1991.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=288532 |
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Print version::
Particles and waves. |
Съдържание:
- Theories of light : particles versus waves. Newton's corpuscular query and experimental philosophy ; Light hypotheses ; Hypotheses, probability, and waves
- Maxwell and the kinetic theory of gases. Theoretical derivations ; Maxwell's analogies and kinetic theory ; Scientific discovery and Maxwell's kinetic theory ; The only game in town
- Cathode rays and the electron. Theory, experiment, and cathode rays.