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Actio in distans, repulsion, attraction: The origin of an 18th century fiction (1982)

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Authors & Contributors
Waff, Craig B.
Gandt, Françoise De
Wilson, Curtis
Wettstein, Ronald H.
Weiss, Burghard
Schmeidler, Felix
Journals
Physis: Rivista Internazionale di Storia della Scienza
Revue International de Philosophie
Revue du Nord: Histoire & Archéologie
Physics Education
NTM: Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Technik und Medizin
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Publishers
Johns Hopkins University
Cambridge University Press
Concepts
Mechanics
Gravitation
Motion (physical)
Mathematical physics
Principle of least action
Dynamics
People
Newton, Isaac
Clairaut, Alexis Claude
Lalande, Joseph Jérôme le Français de
Gauss, Carl Friedrich
Olbers, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias
Mercier
Time Periods
18th century
17th century
20th century
19th century
Places
France
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