Reflections on the practice of physics: James Clerk Maxwell's methodological odyssey in electromagnetism

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"This monograph examines James Clerk Maxwell's contributions to electromagnetism to gain insight into the practice of science by focusing on scientific methodology as applied by scientists. First and foremost, this study is concerned with practices that are reflected in scientific texts and the ways scientists frame their research. The book is therefore about means and not ends"--

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Full title :Reflections on the practice of physics : James Clerk Maxwell's methodological odyssey in electromagnetism / Giora Hon and Bernard R. Goldstein.

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Publication Date:©2020

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2020

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Description:xi, 261 pages ; : 25 cm.

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ISBN:9780367367282, 0367367289
oclc:on1124339103
LC Classification:QC16.M4
Dewey Decimal:530.14/1

Maxwell's choice : Faraday vs. Ampère -- Thomson, Stokes, Rankine, and Thomson and Tait -- Station 1 (1856-1858) : on Faraday's lines of force -- Station 2 (1861-1862) : on physical lines of force -- Station 3 (1865) : a dynamical theory of the electromagnetic field -- Station 4 (1873) : a treatise on electricity and magnetism -- Philosophical reflections on Maxwell's methodological odyssey.

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Biographies Electromagnetic theory Electromagnetic theory -- History Electromagnetism -- Research Électromagnétisme -- Recherche Great Britain History Maxwell, James Clerk Physicists Physicists -- Biography -- Great Britain physics Physics -- History Physique -- Histoire Science -- Methodology Sciences -- Méthodologie Théorie électromagnétique -- Histoire