Chapter ID: CBB000651353

An Error within a Mistake? (2005)

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Description On 19th-century electrodynamics, focusing on Helmholtz and Hertz.


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Authors & Contributors
D'Agostino, Salvatore
Cadeddu, Antonio
Topper, David R.
Steinle, Friedrich
Schickore, Jutta
Qian, Changyan
Journals
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Physis: Rivista Internazionale di Storia della Scienza
Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu (Studies in the History of Natural Sciences)
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
Physics in Perspective
Publishers
Springer
Ellert & Richter
Concepts
Methodology of science; scientific method
Physics
Error
Electrodynamics
Experiments and experimentation
Epistemology
People
Hertz, Heinrich Rudolph
Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von
Pasteur, Louis
Maxwell, James Clerk
Fisher, Ronald Aylmer
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
Places
Hamburg (Germany)
United States
Germany
Europe
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