Book ID: CBB000017304

The rise and fall of the aether: Einstein in context (1981)

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Wheaton, Bruce R. (Author)


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Publication Date: 1981
Physical Details: 29 pp.; illus.

Description Pamphlet to accompany an Einstein exhibit.


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Authors & Contributors
Navarro, Jaume
Kostro, Ludwik
Arabatzis, Theodore
Bracco, Christian
Frercks, Jan
Gordin, Michael D.
Journals
Physics in Perspective
Science in Context
Almagest
Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
Annalen der Physik
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
Publishers
University of Pittsburgh
Apeiron
Oxford University Press
Science Edition
Pavia University Press
Concepts
Ether
Physics
Relativity
Explanation; hypotheses; theories
Relativity, special
Philosophy of science
People
Einstein, Albert
Lorentz, Hendrik Antoon
Fizeau, Armand Hippolyte Louis
Michelson, Albert Abraham
Miller, Dayton Clarence
Trouton, Frederick Thomas
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
21st century
Places
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Institutions
Zeiss (Carl) Optische Werkstätte, Jena
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