Energy, Force and Matter: The Conceptual Development of Nineteenth-Century Physics - Paperback

by Peter M. Harman (Author), P. M. Harman (Author), Harman Peter M. (Author)

By focusing on the conceptual issues faced by nineteenth century physicists, this book clarifies the status of field theory, the ether, and thermodynamics in the work of the period. A remarkably synthetic account of a difficult and fragmentary period in scientific development.