The Science of Energy: A Cultural History of Energy Physics in Victorian Britain - Rilegato

Smith, Crosbie

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ISBN 10: 0226764206 ISBN 13: 9780226764207

Casa editrice: Univ of Chicago Pr, 1999

Riassunto

The concept of energy transformed 19th-century physics. This text shows how a North British group of scientists and engineers, including James Joule, James Clerk Maxwell, William and James Thomson, Fleeming Jenkin and P.G. Tait, developed energy physics to solve practical problems encountered by Scottish shipbuilders and marine engineers; to counter biblical revivalism and evolutionary materialism; and to rapidly enhance their own scientific credibility. Replacing the language and concepts of classical mechanics with terms such as "actual" and "potential" energy, the North British group conducted their revolution in physics so vigorously that the concept of "energy" became their intellectual property. This text places this revolution in its scientific and cultural context, exploring the actual creation of scientific knowledge during this period in the history of physics.

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• Editore: Univ of Chicago Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0226764206
• ISBN 13: 9780226764207
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 404