P. M. Harman, Peter M. Harman, Harman Peter M.

Energy, Force and Matter

The Conceptual Development of Nineteenth-Century Physics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A remarkably synthetic account of a difficult and fragmentary period in scientific development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9780521288125
• ISBN-10: 0521288126
• Artikelnr.: 21673074

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction: The conceptual structure of nineteenth-century physics
2. The context of physical theory: energy, force and matter
3. Energy physics and mechanical explanation
4. Matter and force: ether and field theories
5. Matter theory: problems of molecular physics
6. Epilogue: the decline of the mechanical world view
Bibliographic essay
Sources of Quotations
Index.