Exploratory Experiments (eBook)

Ampere, Faraday, and the Origins of Electrodynamics

Friedrich Steinle (Autor)

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2016
702 Seiten
University of Pittsburgh Press (Verlag)
978-0-8229-8137-4 (ISBN)

Infos

In this foundational study, Friedrich Steinle compares the influential work of Ampere and Faraday to reveal the prominent role of exploratory experimentation in the development of science. Focusing on Ampere's and Faraday's research practices, reconstructed from previously unknown archival materials, this book considers both the historic and epistemological basis of exploratory experimentation—and its importance to scientific development.

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<b>Translated by Alex Levine</b>The nineteenth century was a formative period for electromagnetism and electrodynamics. Hans Christian Orsteds 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, Andre-Marie Ampere and Michael Faraday developed two incompatible, competing theories. Although their approaches and conceptual frameworks were fundamentally different, together their work launched a technological revolutionlaying the foundation for our modern scientific understanding of electricityand one of the most important debates in physics, between electrodynamic action-at-a-distance and field theories. In this foundational study, Friedrich Steinle compares the influential work of Ampere 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 Amperes and Faradays 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.

Autor

<b>Friedrich Steinle</b> is professor of history of science at the Technical University of Berlin and president of the German Society for History of Science, Medicine, and Technology.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.9.2016
• Verlagsort: PIttsburgh
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• ISBN-10: 0-8229-8137-8 / 0822981378
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8229-8137-4 / 9780822981374