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    Lenses and Waves : Christiaan Huygens and the Mathematical Science of Optics in the Seventeenth Century (2005)
    Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands
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    ISBN: 9781402026980
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (IX, 289 p, digital)
    Series Statement: Archimedes 9
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    Series Statement: Bücher
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
    Series Statement: Humanities, Social Science and Law
    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Dijksterhuis, Fokko Jan Lenses and waves
    RVK:
    TB 2355
    RVK:
    TB 3187
    RVK:
    UB 2420
    Keywords: Science (General) ; Technology Philosophy ; Mathematics_$xHistory ; Physics History ; Science, general ; Philosophy ; Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary ; Huygens, Christiaan 1629-1695 ; Optik ; Geschichte
    Abstract: From the contents: 1. Introduction – 'The perfect Cartesian' -- 2. 1653 – 'Tractatus' -- 3. 1655-1672 – 'De Aberratione' -- 4. The 'Project' of 1672 -- 5. 1677-1679 – Waves of Light -- 6. 1690 – Traité de la Lumière -- 7. Conclusion: Lenses & Waves -- List of figures -- Bibliography -- Index
    Abstract: In 1690, Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695) published Traité de la Lumière, containing his renowned wave theory of light. It is considered a landmark in seventeenth-century science, for the way Huygens mathematized the corpuscular nature of light and his probabilistic conception of natural knowledge. This book discusses the development of Huygens’ wave theory, reconstructing the winding road that eventually led to Traité de la Lumière. For the first time, the full range of manuscript sources is taken into account. In addition, the development of Huygens’ thinking on the nature of light is put in the context of his optics as a whole, which was dominated by his lifelong pursuit of theoretical and practical dioptrics. In so doing, this book offers the first account of the development of Huygens’ mathematical analysis of lenses and telescopes and its significance for the origin of the wave theory of light. As Huygens applied his mathematical proficiency to practical issues pertaining to telescopes – including trying to design a perfect telescope by means of mathematical theory – his dioptrics is significant for our understanding of seventeenth-century relations between theory and practice. With this full account of Huygens’ optics, this book sheds new light on the history of seventeenth-century optics and the rise of the new mathematical sciences, as well as Huygens’ oeuvre as a whole. Students of the history of optics, of early mathematical physics, and the Scientific Revolution, will find this book enlightening
    DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-2698-8
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  • 2
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    Reworking the Bench : Research Notebooks in the History of Science (2003)
    Dordrecht : Imprint: Springer | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands
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    ISBN: 9780306481529
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 326 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2003.
    Series Statement: Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology 7
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    RVK:
    TB 2280
    RVK:
    TB 2800
    Keywords: Epistemology. ; Cultural heritage. ; History. ; Knowledge, Theory of. ; Cultural property. ; History ; Philosophy (General) ; Genetic epistemology ; Humanities ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wissenschaftliches Manuskript ; Naturwissenschaften ; Geschichte
    Abstract: The Hanging Chain: A Forgotten “Discovery” Buried in Galileo’s Notes on Mition -- The Chymical Laboratory Notebooks of George Starkey -- Newton’s Optical Notebooks: Public Versus Private Data -- At Play with Nature: Luigi Galvani’s Experimental Approach to Muscular Physiology -- The Practice of Studying Practice: Analyzing Research Records of Ampère and Faraday -- From Agents to Cells: Theodor Schwann’s Research Notes of the Years 1835–1838 -- Narrating by Numbers: Keeping an Account of Early 19th Century Laboratory Experiences -- Exploring Contents and Boundaries of Experimental Practice in Laboratory Notebooks: Samuel Pierpont Langley and the Mapping of the Infra-Red Region of the Solar Spectrum -- The Pocket Schedule -- From Lone Investigator to Laboratory Chief: Ivan Pavlov’s Research Notebooks as a Reflection of His Managerial and Interpretive Style -- Carl Correns’ Experiments with Pisum, 1896–1899 -- Errors and Insights: Reconstructing the Genesis of General Relativity from Einstein’s Zurich Notebook -- Hans Krebs’ and Kurt Henseleit’s Laboratory Notebooks and Their Discovery of the Urea Cycle-Reconstructed with Computer Models -- Laboratory Notebooks and Investigative Pathways -- The Scholar’s Seeing Eye.
    Abstract: Research records composed of notes and protocols have long played a role in the efforts to understand the origins of what have come to be seen as the established milestones in the development of modern science. The use of research records to probe the nature of scientific investigation itself however is a recent development in the history of science. With Eduard Dijksterhuis, we could address them as a veritable "epistemologiCal laboratory". The purpose of a workshop entitled "Reworking the Bench: Laboratory Notebooks in the History of Science", held at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin was to bring together historians who have been exploiting such resources, to compare the similarities and differences in the materials they had used and and to measure the potential and scope for future explorations of "science in the making" based on such forms of documentation. The contributions which form this volume are based on papers presented at this workshop or written afterward by participants in the discussions. This is the first book that addresses the issue of research notes for writing history of science in a comprehensive manner. Its case studies range from the early modern period to present and cover a broad range of different disciplines.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
    DOI: 10.1007/0-306-48152-9
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