Particles and waves : historical essays in the philosophy of science /
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1991
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Table of Contents:
- Theories of light : particles versus waves. Newton's corpuscular query and experimental philosophy ; Light hypotheses ; Hypotheses, probability, and waves
- Maxwell and the kinetic theory of gases. Theoretical derivations ; Maxwell's analogies and kinetic theory ; Scientific discovery and Maxwell's kinetic theory ; The only game in town
- Cathode rays and the electron. Theory, experiment, and cathode rays