By focusing on the conceptual issues faced by nineteenth century physicists, this book clarifies the status of field theory, the ether, and thermodynamics in the work of the period. A remarkably synthetic account of a difficult and fragmentary period in scientific development.
| ISBN: | 9780521246002 |
| Publication date: | 30th April 1982 |
| Author: | P M Harman |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 182 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge History of Science |
| Genres: |
History of science |