The Oxford handbook of the history of physics /

This Handbook traces the history of physics, bringing together chapters on major advances in the field from the 17th century to the present day. It is organised into four sections, following a broadly chronological structure. Part I explores the place of reason, mathematics, and experiment in the sc...

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Weitere Titel:
History of physics
Introduction /
The Physics of Imponderable Fluids /
Physics on Show: Entertainment, Demonstration, and Research in the Long Eighteenth Century /
Instruments and Instrument-Makers, 1700-1850 /
Mechanics in the Eighteenth Century /
Laplace and the Physics of Short-Range Forces /
Electricity and Magnetism to Volta /
Optics in the Nineteenth Century /
Thermal Physics and Thermodynamics /
Engineering Energy: Constructing a New Physics for Victorian Britain /
Electromagnetism and Field Physics /
Was There a Scientific Revolution? /
Electrodynamics from Thomson and Maxwell to Hertz /
From Workshop to Factory: The Evolution of the Instrument-Making Industry, 1850-1930 /
Physics Textbooks and Textbook Physics in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries /
Physics and Medicine /
Physics and Metrology /
Rethinking 'Classical Physics' /
The Emergence of Statistical Mechanics /
Three and a Half Principles: The Origins of Modern Relativity Theory /
Quantum Physics /
The Silicon Tide: Relations between Things Epistemic and Things of Function in the SemiconductorWorld /
Galileo's Mechanics of Natural Motion and Projectiles /
Physics and Cosmology /
Cartesian Physics /
Physics and the Instrument-Makers, 1550-1700 /
Newton's Principia /
Newton's Optics /
Experimentation in the Physical Sciences of the Seventeenth Century /
Mathematics and the New Sciences /
Hauptverfasser:
Buchwald, Jed Z., Fox, Robert
Weitere Verfasser:
Buchwald, Jed Z. (HerausgeberIn), Fox, Robert (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Zusammenfassung:
This Handbook traces the history of physics, bringing together chapters on major advances in the field from the 17th century to the present day. It is organised into four sections, following a broadly chronological structure. Part I explores the place of reason, mathematics, and experiment in the scientific revolution of the 17th century. Part II looks at the 'long' 18th century, covering developments relating to the physics of imponderable fluids, mechanics, electricity, and magnetism. Part III takes us to the 19th century and covers topics ranging from optics to thermodynamics, applications of physics in medicine and metrology. Part IV takes us into the age of 'modern physics' and considers canonical landmarks such as the discovery of the photoelectric effect in 1887.
Umfang:
1 online resource (956 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Previously issued in print: 2013.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780191859281
0191859281
9780191510199
019151019X
Schlagworte:
Physics > History.
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