Energy, Force and Matter: The Conceptual Development of Nineteenth-Century Physics
ISBN: 9780511665394
Platform/Publisher: Cambridge Core / Cambridge University Press
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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.


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