Studies in History and Philosophy of Science I: 1 (Scientiarum Historia et Theoria Studia) - Softcover

Book 1 of 6: Scientiarum Historia et Theoria Studia

Martins, Roberto De Andrade

 
9786599689017: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science I: 1 (Scientiarum Historia et Theoria Studia)

Synopsis

A set of papers by Roberto de Andrade Martins on history and philosophy of science. Chapter titles:The early history of dimensional analysis: I. Foncenex and the composition of forces; The early history of dimensional analysis: II. Legendre and the postulate of parallels; Experimental studies on mass and gravitation in the early twentieth century: the search for non-Newtonian effects; The search for an influence of temperature on gravitation; Philosophy in the physics laboratory: measurement theory versus operationalism.

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