ISBN:
9781402046704
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
,
v.: digital
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
BOSTON STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 246
DDC:
537.2446
Keywords:
Science Science_xHistory
;
Particles (Nuclear physics)
;
Crystallography
;
Physics History
;
Philosophy (General)
;
Science Philosophy
;
Piezoelektrizität
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
The Beginnings of Piezoelectricity, the first history of the subject, exhaustively examines how diverse influences led to the discovery of the phenomenon in 1880, and how they shaped subsequent research until the consolidation of an empirical and theoretical knowledge of the field circa 1895. Shaul Katzir's historical account shows that this 'mundane' science was an intriguing intellectual and practical enterprise, which involved originality, surprises and controversies.
Abstract:
Studies a particular subdiscipline representative of many similar "mundane" branches of physics that did not bear revolutionary consequences beyond their field. This work shows that this mundane science was an intriguing intellectual and practical enterprise, which involved, among other things, originality, surprises and controversies
Description / Table of Contents:
Front Matter; INTRODUCTION; THE DISCOVERY OF THE PIEZOELECTRIC EFFECT; THE ROAD TO THE DESCRIPTIVE THEORY; THEORIES AND MODELS ABOUT THE CAUSES OF THE PIEZOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; THEORETICAL ELABORATION OF VOIGT'S THEORY; EMPIRICAL WORK IN THE 1890s; Back Matter
Note:
Dissertation
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4020-4670-4
URL:
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