Einstein's revolution : a study in heuristic /
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| Author / Creator: | Zahar, Elie. |
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| Imprint: | La Salle, Ill. : Open Court, c1989. |
| Description: | x, 373 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4798750 |
| Summary: | The author applies the methodology of scientific research programmes to the origins of relativity, showing how Eddington, Lorentz, Poincare, Planck and Weyl were driven by mathematical heuristics to make their various contributions to Einstein's programme. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 373 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-367). |
| ISBN: | 0812690664 0812690672 |
