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: | 9780521288125 |
| Publication date: | 30th April 1982 |
| Author: | Peter M Harman |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 196 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in the History of Science |