Introduction; The Morleys; Edward Morley: Education, Civil War, and the Western Reserve; Making a Place; Kindred Spirits: The Ether Drift; Intellectual Heritage, Prout's Hypothesis; Oxygen
Summary
Presents a study of the nineteenth-century American scientist Edward Williams Morley. This is a story of a man who lent his name to the Michelson and Morley Ether-Drift Experiment, and who conclusively established the atomic weight of oxygen. It is also the story of science in provincial America
Analysis
filosofie
philosophy
fysica
physics
geschiedenis
history
wetenschap
science
geesteswetenschappen
humanities
wetenschapsfilosofie
philosophy of science
Philosophy (General)
Filosofie (algemeen)
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-254) and index