Isbn: 9789027726087 - scrutinizing science: empirical studies of scientific change (synthese library, 193, band 193) (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Volume 193. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,800grams, ISBN:9027726086.…

Hardcover. Octavo, x, 379 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is white with black print. Dust jacket in mylar. Boards in blue cloth. Illustrated: b&w. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column G. 1379286. FP New Rockville Stock.

Zustand: New. In English.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - I.- Testing Theories of Scientific Change.- II: Case Studies.- 1. 17Th-Century Mechanics.- Galileo's Copernicanism and the Acceptability of Guiding Assumptions.- Newton's Rejection of the Mechanical AEther: Empirical Difficulties and Guiding Assumptions.- The Vortex Theory of Motion, 1687-1713: Empirical Difficulties and Guiding Assumptions.- 2. Chemistry from the 18th to the 20th Centuries.- The Chemical Revolution: Shifts in Guiding Assumptions.- Molecular Geometry in 19th-century France: Shifts in Guiding Assumptions.- Kekulé's Benzene Theory and the Appraisal of Scientific Theories.- Fermentation Theory: Empirical Difficulties and Guiding Assumptions.- The Polywater Episode and the Appraisal of Theories.- 3. 19Th-Century Physics.- Ampère's Electrodynamics and the Acceptability of Guiding Assumptions.- Brownian Motion and the Appraisal of Theories.- The Michelson - Morley Experiment and the Appraisal of Theories.- 4. Recent Geological Theory.- Plate Tectonics and Inter-Theory Relations.- The Theory of an Expanding Earth and the Acceptability of Guiding Assumptions.- 5. 20th-Century Physics.- Planck's Quantum Crisis and Shifts in Guiding Assumptions.- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and the Acceptability of Guiding Assumptions.- Electroweak Unification and the Appraisal of Theories.- Index of Thesis Citations and.…