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Auteur(s) : Steinle, Friedrich (1957-....)
Titre(s) : Exploratory experiments [Texte imprimé] : Ampère, Faraday, and the origins of electrodynamics / Friedrich Steinle ; translated by Alex Levine
Traduction de : Explorative Experimente : Ampère, Faraday, und die Ursprünge der Elektrodynamik
Publication : Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh press, copyright 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (X-494 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 461-490. Index
In English
The nineteenth century was a formative period for electromagnetism and electrodynamics.
Hans Christian Ørsted's groundbreaking discovery of the interaction between electricity
and magnetism in 1820 inspired a wave of research, led to the science of electrodynamics,
and resulted in the development of electromagnetic theory. Remarkably, in response,
André-Marie Ampère and Michael Faraday developed two incompatible, competing theories.
Although their approaches and conceptual frameworks were fundamentally different,
together their work launched a technological revolution - laying the foundation for
our modern scientific understanding of electricity - and one of the most important
debates in physics, between electrodynamic action-at-a-distance and field theories.
In this foundational study, now available in English, Friedrich Steinle compares the
influential work of Ampère and Faraday to reveal the prominent role of exploratory
experimentation in the development of science. While this exploratory phase was responsible
for decisive conceptual innovations, it has yet to be examined in such great detail.
Focusing on Ampère's and Faraday's research practices, reconstructed from previously
unknown archival materials, including laboratory notes, diaries, letters, and interactions
with instrument makers, this book considers both the historic and epistemological
basis of exploratory experimentation and its importance to scientific development.
-- from dust jacket
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Levine, Alex (1966-....). Traducteur
Sujet(s) : Ampère, André-Marie (1775-1836)
Faraday, Michael (1791-1867)
Électrodynamique -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
537.09 (23e éd.) = Électricité et électronique (physique) - Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780822944508. - ISBN 0822944502 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46529715q
Notice n° :
FRBNF46529715
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction: Research practice, experiment, and concept formation ; Chapter 1:
Electricity and galvanism in the early nineteenth century ; Chapter 2. Electromagnetism
; Chapter 3. Ampère's first studies of electromagnetism ; Chapter 4. Competing pursuits
in Paris, 1820-1821 ; Chapter 5. Electromagnetism in London ; Chapter 6. Faraday's
first studies ; Chapter 7. Experiment and concept formation ; Appendix A: Source
materials for the early phases of Ampère's research in electrodynamics ; Appendix
B: Reconstruction of the manuscript of Ampère's lectures of September 18 and 25, 1820.
