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The Oxford handbook of the history of physics
Title statement The Oxford handbook of the history of physics / edited by Jed Z. Buchwald and Robert Fox Publication Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017 Phys.des. 1 online zdroj (ix, 945 stran) : ilustrace (některé barevně) ISBN 9780191859281 (online) Edition Oxford handbooks online Note Previously issued in print: 2013. Internal Bibliographies/Indexes Note Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy a rejstřík Contents Introduction / Jed Z. Buchwald, Robert Fox -- The Physics of Imponderable Fluids / Giuliano Pancaldi -- Physics on Show: Entertainment, Demonstration, and Research in the Long Eighteenth Century / Larry Stewart -- Instruments and Instrument-Makers, 1700-1850 / Anita McConnell -- Mechanics in the Eighteenth Century / Sandro Caparrini, Craig Fraser -- Laplace and the Physics of Short-Range Forces / Robert Fox -- Electricity and Magnetism to Volta / Jed Z. Buchwald -- Optics in the Nineteenth Century / Jed Z. Buchwald -- Thermal Physics and Thermodynamics / Hasok Chang -- Engineering Energy: Constructing a New Physics for Victorian Britain / Crosbie Smith -- Electromagnetism and Field Physics / Friedrich Steinle -- Was There a Scientific Revolution? / John L. Heilbron -- Electrodynamics from Thomson and Maxwell to Hertz / Jed Z. Buchwald -- From Workshop to Factory: The Evolution of the Instrument-Making Industry, 1850-1930 / Paolo Brenni -- Physics Textbooks and Textbook Physics in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries / Josep Simon -- Physics and Medicine / Iwan Rhys Morus -- Physics and Metrology / Kathryn M. Olesko -- Rethinking 'Classical Physics' / Graeme Gooday, Daniel Jon Mitchell -- The Emergence of Statistical Mechanics / Olivier Darrigol, J?rgen Renn -- Three and a Half Principles: The Origins of Modern Relativity Theory / Daniel Kennefick -- Quantum Physics / Suman Seth -- The Silicon Tide: Relations between Things Epistemic and Things of Function in the SemiconductorWorld / Terry Shinn -- Galileo's Mechanics of Natural Motion and Projectiles / N. M. Swerdlow -- Physics and Cosmology / Helge Kragh -- Cartesian Physics / John A. Schuster -- Physics and the Instrument-Makers, 1550-1700 / Anthony Turner -- Newton's Principia / Chris Smeenk, Eric Schliesser -- Newton's Optics / Alan E. Shapiro -- Experimentation in the Physical Sciences of the Seventeenth Century / Domenico Bertoloni Meli -- Mathematics and the New Sciences / Niccolo Guicciardini. Notes to Availability Přístup pouze pro oprávněné uživatele Audience Specialized. Note Způsob přístupu: World Wide Web Another responsib. Buchwald, Jed Z. (Jed Zachary) (editor) Fox, Robert, 1938- (editor) Subj. Headings dějiny fyziky history of physics Form, Genre elektronické knihy electronic books Conspect 53 - Fyzika UDC 53(091) , (0.034.2:08) Country Anglie Language angličtina Document kind Electronic books URL Plný text pro studenty a zaměstnance UPOL 
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This Handbook traces the history of physics, bringing together chapters on major advances in the field from the 17th century to the present day. It is organised into four sections, following a broadly chronological structure. Part I explores the place of reason, mathematics, and experiment in the scientific revolution of the 17th century. Part II looks at the 'long' 18th century, covering developments relating to the physics of imponderable fluids, mechanics, electricity, and magnetism. Part III takes us to the 19th century and covers topics ranging from optics to thermodynamics, applications of physics in medicine and metrology. Part IV takes us into the age of 'modern physics' and considers canonical landmarks such as the discovery of the photoelectric effect in 1887.
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