Book ID: CBB000302285

The Tests of Time: Readings in the Development of Physical Theory (2003)

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Dolling, Lisa M. (Editor)
Gianelli, Arthur F. (Editor)
Statile, Glenn N. (Editor)


Princeton University Press


Publication Date: 2003
Physical Details: xlii + 716 pp., illus., bib., index
Language: English

Description Anthology of primary readings on heliocentric theory, electromagnetic field theory, relativity (general and special), quantum theory, and the big bang theory.


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Review Brush, Stephen G. (2006) Review of "The Tests of Time: Readings in the Development of Physical Theory". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 125). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Bracco, Christian
D'Agostino, Salvo
Waters, Mark V.
Wali, K. C.
Vizgin, Vladimir P.
Stachel, John J.
Concepts
Physics
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