| Description |
xx, 218 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
History of modern physics, 1800-1950 ; v. 3 |
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History of modern physics, 1800-1950 ; v. 3
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| Contents |
pt. 1. Stallo and the state of physics. Stallo's critique -- Reactions of reviewers -- The lawyer's rebuttal -- pt. 2. The range of atomo-mechanical outlooks. The orthodoxy of Mayer and Dolbear -- Trowbridge and Rowland : cautious mechanists -- Michelson and Hall : experimentation and education -- Messages from Europe -- pt. 3. Qualifications, alternatives, and deviations. Newcomb's operational outlook -- Gibb's phenomenalistic leanings -- Langley and Nipher : skeptics -- A reappraisal of Stallo and his critics -- pt. 3. Conceptual ferment and revolutionary expectations. Realignments with the old guard -- Retrenchment -- The St. Louis Congress : foreign delegates -- Americans at St. Louis -- Franklin's operational perspective -- Adams : from unity to multiplicity |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 191-210 |
| Subject |
Physics -- United States -- History.
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Physics -- history.
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| LC no. |
82050750 |
| ISBN |
0938228064 |
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