UID:
almahu_9949386204402882
Format:
1 online resource (xi, 261 pages).
ISBN:
9780429351013
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0429351011
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9781000030686
,
1000030687
,
9781000030648
,
1000030644
Series Statement:
History and philosophy of technoscience
Content:
"This monograph examines James Clerk Maxwell's contributions to electromagnetism to gain insight into the practice of science by focusing on scientific methodology as applied by scientists. First and foremost, this study is concerned with practices that are reflected in scientific texts and the ways scientists frame their research. The book is therefore about means and not ends"--
Note:
Maxwell's choice : Faraday vs. Ampère -- Thomson, Stokes, Rankine, and Thomson and Tait -- Station 1 (1856-1858) : on Faraday's lines of force -- Station 2 (1861-1862) : on physical lines of force -- Station 3 (1865) : a dynamical theory of the electromagnetic field -- Station 4 (1873) : a treatise on electricity and magnetism -- Philosophical reflections on Maxwell's methodological odyssey.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Hon, Giora. Reflections on the practice of physics Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. ISBN 9780367367282
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
;
History.
DOI:
10.4324/9780429351013
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429351013