List of Contributors |
Introduction / Jed Z. Buchwald ; Robert Fox |
Physics and the New Science / Part I: |
Was There a Scientific Revolution? / John L. Heilbron1: |
Galilco's Mechanics of Natural Motion and Projectiles / N. M. Swerdlow2: |
Cartesian Physics / John A. Schuster3: |
Physics and the Instrument-Makers, 1550-1700 / Anthony Turner4: |
Newton's Principia / Chris Smeenk ; Eric Schliesser5: |
Newton's Optics / Alan E. Shapiro6: |
Experimentation in the Physical Sciences of the Seventeenth Century / Nico Bertoloni Meli7: |
Mathematics and the New Sciences / Niccolò Guicciardini8: |
The Long Eighteenth Century / Part II: |
The Physics of Imponderable Fluids / Giuliano Pancaldi9: |
Physics on Show: Entertainment, Demonstration, and Research in the Long Eighteenth Century / Larry Stewart10: |
Instruments and Instrument-Makers, 1700-1850 / Anita McConnell11: |
Mechanics in the Eighteenth Century / Sandro Caparrini ; Craig Fraser12: |
Laplace and the Physics of Short-Range Forces / 13: |
Electricity and Magnetism to Volta / 14: |
Fashioning the Discipline: From Natural Philosophy to Physics / Part III: |
Optics in the Nineteenth Century / 15: |
Thermal Physics and Thermodynamics / Hasok Chang16: |
Engineering Energy: Constructing a New Physics for Victorian Britain / Crosbie Smith17: |
Electromagnetism and Field Physics / Friedrich Steinle18: |
Electrodynamics from Thomson and Maxwell to Hertz / 19: |
From Workshop to Factory: The Evolution of the Instrument-Making Industry, 1850-1930 / Paolo Brenni20: |
Physics Textbooks and Textbook Physics in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries / Josep Simon21: |
Physics and Medicine / Iwan Rhys Morus22: |
Physics and Metrology / Kathryn M. Olesko23: |
Modern Physics / Part IV: |
Rethinking 'Classical Physics' / Graeme Gooday ; Daniel Jon Mitchell24: |
The Emergence of Statistical Mechanics / Olivier Darrigol ; Jürgen Renn25: |
Three and a Half Principles: The Origins of Modern Relativity Theory / Daniel Kennefick26: |
Quantum Physics / Suman Seth27: |
The Silicon Tide: Relations between Things Epistemic and Things of Function in the Semiconductor World / Terry Shinn28: |
Physics and Cosmology / Helge Kragp29: |
Name Index |
Subject Index |
List of Contributors |
Introduction / Jed Z. Buchwald ; Robert Fox |
Physics and the New Science / Part I: |
Was There a Scientific Revolution? / John L. Heilbron1: |
Galilco's Mechanics of Natural Motion and Projectiles / N. M. Swerdlow2: |
Cartesian Physics / John A. Schuster3: |