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Particles and Waves : Historical Essays in the Philosophy of Science.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1991Copyright date: ©1991Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (346 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780195345056
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Particles and WavesDDC classification:
  • 501
LOC classification:
  • Q174.8.A24 1991
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- General Introduction -- Part I: Theories of Light: Particles versus Waves -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Newton's Corpuscular Query and Experimental Philosophy -- 3. Light Hypotheses -- 4. Hypotheses, Probability, and Waves -- Part II: Maxwell and the Kinetic Theory of Gases -- 5. Introduction -- 6. Theoretical Derivations -- 7. Maxwell's Analogies and Kinetic Theory -- 8. Scientific Discovery and Maxwell's Kinetic Theory -- 9. The Only Game in Town -- Part III: Cathode Rays and the Electron -- 10. Introduction -- 11. Theory, Experiment, and Cathode Rays -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.
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Intro -- Contents -- General Introduction -- Part I: Theories of Light: Particles versus Waves -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Newton's Corpuscular Query and Experimental Philosophy -- 3. Light Hypotheses -- 4. Hypotheses, Probability, and Waves -- Part II: Maxwell and the Kinetic Theory of Gases -- 5. Introduction -- 6. Theoretical Derivations -- 7. Maxwell's Analogies and Kinetic Theory -- 8. Scientific Discovery and Maxwell's Kinetic Theory -- 9. The Only Game in Town -- Part III: Cathode Rays and the Electron -- 10. Introduction -- 11. Theory, Experiment, and Cathode Rays -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.

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