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Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences, Volume 7 / ed. by Russell McCormmach.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1518Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©1976Description: 1 online resource (526 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780691616971
  • 9781400870189
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 509 23
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  • Q125
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  • online - DeGruyter
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  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Editor's Foreword -- The Ether Problem, the Mechanistic Worldview, and the Origins of the Theory of Relativity -- Einstein's Early Scientific Collaboration -- Max Planck's Philosophy of Nature and His Elaboration of the Special Theory of Relativity -- The Concept of Particle Creation before and after Quantum Mechanics -- Chemistry as a Branch of Physics: Laplace's Collaboration with Lavoisier -- Mayer's Concept of "Force": The "Axis" of a New Science of Physics -- 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 -- The Rise of Physics Laboratories in Britain -- The Establishment of the Royal College of Chemistry: An Investigation of the Social Context of Early-Victorian Chemistry -- Note on Contributors -- IN MEMORIAM: Tetu Hirosige (1928-1975)
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.Contents: The Ether Problem, the Mechanistic World View, and the Origins of the Theory of Relativity (Tetu Hirosige); Kinstein'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 Brombery); 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)Originally published in 1976.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Editor's Foreword -- The Ether Problem, the Mechanistic Worldview, and the Origins of the Theory of Relativity -- Einstein's Early Scientific Collaboration -- Max Planck's Philosophy of Nature and His Elaboration of the Special Theory of Relativity -- The Concept of Particle Creation before and after Quantum Mechanics -- Chemistry as a Branch of Physics: Laplace's Collaboration with Lavoisier -- Mayer's Concept of "Force": The "Axis" of a New Science of Physics -- 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 -- The Rise of Physics Laboratories in Britain -- The Establishment of the Royal College of Chemistry: An Investigation of the Social Context of Early-Victorian Chemistry -- Note on Contributors -- IN MEMORIAM: Tetu Hirosige (1928-1975)

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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.Contents: The Ether Problem, the Mechanistic World View, and the Origins of the Theory of Relativity (Tetu Hirosige); Kinstein'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 Brombery); 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)Originally published in 1976.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Issued also in print.

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