No Truth Except in the Details by Aj Kox
Beginning with a couple of essays dealing with the experimental and mathematical foundations of physics in the work of Henry Cavendish and Joseph Fourier, the volume goes on to consider the broad areas of investigation that constituted the central foci of the development of the physics discipline in the nineteenth century: electricity and magnetism, including especially the work of Michael Faraday, William Thomson, and James Clerk Maxwell; and thermodynamics and matter theory, including the theoretical work and legacy of Josiah Willard Gibbs, some experimental work relating to thermodynamics and kinetic theory of Heinrich Hertz, and the work of Felix Seyler-Hoppe on hemoglobin in the neighboring field of biophysics/biochemistry. Moving on to the beginning of the twentieth century, a set of three articles on Albert Einstein deal with his early career and various influences on his work. Finally, a set of historiographical issues important for the history of physics are discussed, and the chronological conclusion of the volume is an article on the Solvay Conference of 1933. For physicists interested in the history of their discipline, historians and philosophers of science, and graduate students in these and related disciplines.-
Names, Natures and Things
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Mathematics as a Tool
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Normative Texts and Occupational Practices
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Thomas Kuhn's Philosophical Perspective
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Philosophy and Conceptual History of Science in Taiwan
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Understanding Quantum Raffles
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Scientific Enterprise
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The Invention of Physical Science
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Estonian Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science
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Science, Mind and Art
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Ernst Mach - A Deeper Look
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Objects, Structures, and Logics
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Characterizing the Robustness of Science
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Felix Kaufmann's Theory and Method in the Social Sciences
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The Structural Links between Ecology, Evolution and Ethics
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Integrating History and Philosophy of Science
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The Place of Probability in Science
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Artifacts, Representations and Social Practice
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Rediscovering the Forgotten Vienna Circle
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Zygmunt Zawirski
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Physical Systems
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Interpreting Physics
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Probability and Inference in the Law of Evidence
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The Logic of Categories
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Looking at it from Asia: the Processes that Shaped the Sources of History of Science
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Niels Bohr's Complementarity
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Doing Integrated History and Philosophy of Science: A Case Study of the Origin of Genetics
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Galileo Engineer
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The Context of Constitution
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| ISBN 13 | 9789401040976 |
| ISBN 10 | 9401040974 |
| Title | No Truth Except in the Details |
| Author | Aj Kox |
| Series | Boston Studies In The Philosophy And History Of Science |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Year published | 2013-11-20 |
| Number of pages | 382 |
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