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Record Nr.

UNINA9910983351303321

Autore

Pisano Raffaele

Titolo

A History of Physics: Phenomena, Ideas and Mechanisms : Essays in Honor of Salvo D'Agostino / / edited by Raffaele Pisano

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025

ISBN

3-031-26174-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (820 pages)

Collana

History of Mechanism and Machine Science, , 1875-3426 ; ; 42

Disciplina

530.09

Soggetti

Physics - Philosophy

Science - History

Knowledge, Theory of

Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy

History of Science

Epistemology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

The book gathers several contributions by historians of physics, philosophers of science and scientists as new essays in the history of physics ranging across the entire field, related in most instances to the works of Salvo D'Agostino (1921-2020), one of the field's most prominent scholars since the second half of the past century. A phenomenon is an observable measurable fact, including data modelling, assumptions/laws. A mechanical phenomenon is associated to equilibrium/motion. Are all mechanisms mechanisms of a phenomenon? Scholars with different backgrounds discuss mechanism/phenomena from an historical point of view. The book is also devoted to understanding of causations of disequilibrium (shock, gravitational, attraction/repulsion, inertia, entropy, etc.), including changes/interaction in the framework of irregular cases of modern physics as well. The book is an accessible avenue to understanding phenomena, ideas and mechanisms by leading authorities who offer much-needed historical insights into the field and on the relationship



Physics–Mathematics. It provides an absorbing and revealing read for historians, philosophers and scientists alike.