Book ID: CBB000008486

James Prescott Joule and the concept of energy (1979)

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Steffens, Henry John (Author)


Science History


Publication Date: 1979
Physical Details: x + 173 pp.; illus.; bibl.; index

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Review Garber, F. (1979) Review of "James Prescott Joule and the concept of energy". Science (pp. 1371-72). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Sibum, H. Otto
Merleau-Ponty, Jacques
Forrester, John M.
Smith, Crosbie W.
Rossi, Arcangelo
Mendoza, E.
Journals
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Revue d'Histoire des Sciences
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Physis: Rivista Internazionale di Storia della Scienza
British Journal for the History of Science
Concepts
Physics
Thermodynamics
Conservation of energy (physical concept)
Science and literature
Comets; meteors; meteorites
Research
People
Joule, James Prescott
Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron
Faraday, Michael
Mayer, Julius Robert von
Dupré, John
Dewar, James
Time Periods
19th century
Places
British Isles
England
Germany
Institutions
Royal Society (Great Britain). European Science Exchange Programme
Royal Society of London
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