The scientist's atom and the philosopher's stone how science succeeded and philosophy failed to gain knowledge of atoms
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Dordrecht [etc.] :
Springer
2011
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| Edición: | 1st softcover printing |
| Colección: | Boston studies in the philosophy of science,
279 |
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| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991008283599708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Atomism : science or philosophy?
- Democritean atomism
- How does Epicurus's garden grow?
- Atomism in its ancient Greek perspective
- From the ancient Greeks to the dawn of science
- Atomism, experiment and the mechanical philosophy : the work of Robert Boyle
- Newton's atomism and its fate
- The emergence of modern chemistry with no debt to atomism
- Dalton's atomism and tis creative modification via chemical formulae
- From Avogadro to Cannizzaro : the old story
- Thermodynamics and the kinetic theory
- Experimental contact with molecules
- Experimental contact with electrons
- Atomism vindicated?
