Article ID: CBB441839030

Comte, Mach, Planck, and Eddington: a study of influence across generations (2016)

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Auguste Comte is frequently ridiculed by astronomers for saying that human beings would never be able to know the physical nature and constitution of the stars. His philosophy, however, influenced scientists throughout his lifetime and for over a century after his death. That influence is traced here in the work of three outstanding scientists who spanned, roughly speaking, three successive generations after his own, namely, Ernst Mach, Max Planck and Arthur Stanley Eddington.

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Authors & Contributors
Stanley, Matthew
Wolters, Gereon
Wesemael, François
Wegener, Daan
Strien, Marij van
Stöltzner, Michael
Concepts
Physics
Astronomy
Stars; stellar astronomy
Scientific communities; interprofessional relations
Philosophy of science
Relativity
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
19th century
21st century
15th century
Places
Germany
Padua (Italy)
United States
Portugal
Europe
Great Britain
Institutions
Kitt Peak National Observatory
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