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Exploratory experiments : Ampere, Faraday, and the origins of electrodynamics / Friedrich Steinle ; translated by Alex Levine.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2016]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780822981374
  • 0822981378
Uniform titles:
  • Explorative Experimente. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Exploratory experiments.DDC classification:
  • 537.6 23
LOC classification:
  • QC630.5 .S7413 2016
Other classification:
  • 530
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Contents:
Acknowledgments; Introduction. Research Practice, Experiment, and Concept Formation; Chapter 1. Electricity and Galvanism in the Early Nineteenth Century; Chapter 2. Electromagnetism; Chapter 3. Amp�ere's First Studies of Electromagnetism: Entering a New Field; Chapter 4. Competing Pursuits in Paris, 1820-1821; Chapter 5. Electromagnetism in London; Chapter 6. Faraday's First Studies: Electromagnetic Rotation; Chapter 7. Experiment and Concept Formation; Appendix A. Source Materials for the Early Phases of Amp�ere's Research in Electrodynamics.
Appendix B. Reconstruction of the Manuscript of Amp�ere's Lectures of September 18 and 25, 1820Notes; References; Index of Names.
Summary: The nineteenth century was a formative period for electromagnetism and electrodynamics. Hans Christian �rsted's groundbreaking discovery of the interaction between electricity and magnetism in 1820 inspired a wave of research, led to the science of electrodynamics, and resulted in the development of electromagnetic theory. Remarkably, in response, Andr�e-Marie Amp�ere and Michael Faraday developed two incompatible, competing theories. Although their approaches and conceptual frameworks were fundamentally different, together their work launched a technological revolution - laying the foundation for our modern scientific understanding of electricity - and one of the most important debates in physics, between electrodynamic action-at-a-distance and field theories. In this foundational study, now available in English, Friedrich Steinle compares the influential work of Amp�ere and Faraday to reveal the prominent role of exploratory experimentation in the development of science. While this exploratory phase was responsible for decisive conceptual innovations, it has yet to be examined in such great detail. Focusing on Amp�ere's and Faraday's research practices, reconstructed from previously unknown archival materials, including laboratory notes, diaries, letters, and interactions with instrument makers, this book considers both the historic and epistemological basis of exploratory experimentation and its importance to scientific development. -- from dust jacket.
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Originally published in German: Explorative Experimente : Ampere, Faraday, und die Urspr�unge der Elektrodynamik / Friedrich Steinle (Stuttgart : Steiner, 2005).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In English.

Print version record.

Acknowledgments; Introduction. Research Practice, Experiment, and Concept Formation; Chapter 1. Electricity and Galvanism in the Early Nineteenth Century; Chapter 2. Electromagnetism; Chapter 3. Amp�ere's First Studies of Electromagnetism: Entering a New Field; Chapter 4. Competing Pursuits in Paris, 1820-1821; Chapter 5. Electromagnetism in London; Chapter 6. Faraday's First Studies: Electromagnetic Rotation; Chapter 7. Experiment and Concept Formation; Appendix A. Source Materials for the Early Phases of Amp�ere's Research in Electrodynamics.

Appendix B. Reconstruction of the Manuscript of Amp�ere's Lectures of September 18 and 25, 1820Notes; References; Index of Names.

The nineteenth century was a formative period for electromagnetism and electrodynamics. Hans Christian �rsted's groundbreaking discovery of the interaction between electricity and magnetism in 1820 inspired a wave of research, led to the science of electrodynamics, and resulted in the development of electromagnetic theory. Remarkably, in response, Andr�e-Marie Amp�ere and Michael Faraday developed two incompatible, competing theories. Although their approaches and conceptual frameworks were fundamentally different, together their work launched a technological revolution - laying the foundation for our modern scientific understanding of electricity - and one of the most important debates in physics, between electrodynamic action-at-a-distance and field theories. In this foundational study, now available in English, Friedrich Steinle compares the influential work of Amp�ere and Faraday to reveal the prominent role of exploratory experimentation in the development of science. While this exploratory phase was responsible for decisive conceptual innovations, it has yet to be examined in such great detail. Focusing on Amp�ere's and Faraday's research practices, reconstructed from previously unknown archival materials, including laboratory notes, diaries, letters, and interactions with instrument makers, this book considers both the historic and epistemological basis of exploratory experimentation and its importance to scientific development. -- from dust jacket.

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