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" Frontiers of physics, 1900-1911 : "
Arthur I. Miller.
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BL
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598905
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87,A12,0740b428124
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| Main Entry
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Miller, Arthur I.
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Frontiers of physics, 1900-1911 : : selected essays with an original prologue and postscript /\ Arthur I. Miller.
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Boston :: Birkhäuser,, ©1986.
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xxv, 293 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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0817632034
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: 9780817632038
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: 3764332034
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: 9783764332037
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"A Pro scientia viva title."
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-293).
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| Contents
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pt. I. On electrodynamics without relativity: 1892-1911. 1. On some other approaches to electrodynamics in 1905 -- 2. A study of Henri Poincaré's "Sur la dynamique de l'Électron" -- pt. II. A technological interlude. 3. Unipolar induction: a case study of the interaction between science and technology -- pt. III. Special relativity. 4. On Einstein's invention of special relativity -- pt. IV. On some contemporary approaches to special relativity. 5. On Lorentz's methodology -- Postscript: Further comments on what Einstein, Lorentz, Planck, and Poincaré did--circa 1905 -- 6. P.W. Bridgman and the special theory of relativity.
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| Abstract
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These selected essays by Arthur I. Miller explore the rich traditions in electrodynamics, electrical engineering, and mathematics on which the physicists of 1905 based their conceptions.
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Physics-- History.
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Electrodynamics-- History.
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Special relativity (Physics)-- History.
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Physics-- history.
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530/.09/041
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QC7.M55 1986
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