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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450908303321

Autore

Achinstein Peter

Titolo

Particles and waves : historical essays in the philosophy of science / / Peter Achinstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1991

©1991

ISBN

0-19-802300-6

1-280-52549-5

9786610525492

0-19-534505-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p. ) : halftones, line drawings

Disciplina

501

Soggetti

Science - Philosophy - History

Physics - Methodology - History

Wave-particle duality - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume contains six published and two new essays, focusing on philosophical problems surrounding the postulation of unobservable entities such as light waves, molecules and electrons.