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Historical studies in the physical sciences. Seventh annual volume
Title
Historical studies in the physical sciences. Seventh annual volume [electronic resource] / Russell McCormmach, editor.
ISBN
1400870186
9781400870189
Published
[Princeton, New Jersey] : [Princeton University Press], [2015] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2015 (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
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1 online resource (1 PDF (xxxv, 489 pages) :) : portrait.
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Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Reprint. Originally published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1976].
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Summary
The first article in this volume, by Tetu Hirosige, is a definitive study of the genesis of Einstein's theory of relativity. Other articles treat topics--theoretical, experimental, philosophical, and institutional--in the history of physics and chemistry from the researches of Laplace and Lavoisier in the eighteenth century to those of Dirac and Jordan in the twentieth century.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 10, 2016
Series
Princeton legacy library
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Editor's foreword
The ether problem, the mechanistic worldview, and the origins of the theory of relativity / Tetu Hirosige
Einstein's early scientific collaboration / Lewis Pyenson
Max Planck's philosophy of nature and his elaboration of the special theory of relativity / Stanley Goldberg
The concept of particle creation before and after quantum mechanics / Joan Bromberg
Chemistry as a branch of physics : Laplace's collaboration with Lavoisier / Henry Guerlac
Mayer's concept of "force" : the "axis" of a new science of physics / P.M. Heimann
Debates over the theory of solution : a study of dissent in physical chemistry in the English-Speaking world in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries / R.G.A. Dolby
The rise of physics laboratories in Britain / Romualdas Sviedrys
The establishment of the Royal College of Chemistry : an investigation of the social context of early-Victorian chemistry / Gerrylynn K. Roberts.
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