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In this volume Pierre Duhem first gives an overview of 19th century electricity and magnetism. Next, he applies his keen historical, philosophical, and physical intuition to critiquing Maxwell’s theories, especially his electromagnetic theory of light and the ad hoc introduction of displacement current, which he considers too much a product of the “esprit de géométrie” than the “esprit de finesse,” as Pascal calls it. In this book, Duhem is guided by the principle that a theory that offers contr

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Author

Duhem, Pierre Maurice Marie, 1861-1916. & Aversa, Alan [Duhem, Pierre Maurice Marie, 1861-1916. & Aversa, Alan]

Publisher

Springer International Publishing

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9783319185156

Category

science

Subjects

History, Physics, Philosophy

Updated

2026-03-25