Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- I Introduction: The Conceptual Structure of Nineteenth-Century Physics
- II The Context of Physical Theory: Energy, Force, and Matter
- III Energy Physics and Mechanical Explanation
- IV Matter and Force: Ether and Field Theories
- V Matter Theory: Problems of Molecular Physics
- VI Epilogue: The Decline of the Mechanical World View
- Bibliographic Essay
- Sources of Quotations
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- I Introduction: The Conceptual Structure of Nineteenth-Century Physics
- II The Context of Physical Theory: Energy, Force, and Matter
- III Energy Physics and Mechanical Explanation
- IV Matter and Force: Ether and Field Theories
- V Matter Theory: Problems of Molecular Physics
- VI Epilogue: The Decline of the Mechanical World View
- Bibliographic Essay
- Sources of Quotations
- Index
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- Energy, Force and MatterThe Conceptual Development of Nineteenth-Century Physics, pp. 156 - 176Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1982