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| Accesso online: | https://etd.adm.unipi.it/theses/available/etd-07062007-174210/ |
| Autore principale: | Bordoni, Stefano.
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| Titolo: | Crossing the boundaries : discrete and continuous models for matter and energy in late 19th century British electromagnetism / Stefano Bordoni. |
| Note: | Tesi di dottorato in Storia della scienza, Università degli studi di Pisa (dottorato interuniversitario degli atenei toscani), 2007 Tutor: Fabio Bevilacqua, Jürgen Renn, Claudio Sergio Pogliano |
| Abstract: | The present dissertation takes into account electromagnetic theories developed in Great Britain in late 19th century, after James C. Maxwell published his mature theory. In particular, the work focuses on the debate about two basic entities of physics: matter and energy. The expression "crossing the boundaries", appearing in the title of this dissertation, can be interpreted in two ways. First, both matter and energy underwent a conceptual change, wherein matter underwent a sort of dematerialisation and energy underwent a sort of materialisation. Second, some theoretical models broke the borderline between continuous and discrete models, both for matter and for energy. The theoretical debate on matter and energy had as background the problematic link and the floating boundaries between mechanics and electromagnetism, as well as the floating boundaries between the tradition of mathematical physics and the emerging theoretical physics |
| Altri autori: | Università degli studi (Pisa).
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| Collezione tematica: | Tesi di dottorato di interesse storico-scientifico (Italia).
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