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9780486406893

Concepts of Force

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  • ISBN13:

    9780486406893

  • ISBN10:

    048640689X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-02-17
  • Publisher: Dover Publications

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Both historical treatment and critical analysis, this work by a noted physicist takes a fascinating look at a fundamental of physics, tracing its development from ancient to modern times. Kepler's initiation of scientific conceptualization, Newton's definition, post-Newtonian reinterpretationcontrasting concepts of Leibniz, Boscovich, Kant with those of Mach, Kirchhoff, Hertz. In-depth analysis of contemporary trend toward eliminating force from conceptual scheme of physics. "An excellent presentation"Science. 1962 edition.

Table of Contents

PREFACE TO THE DOVER EDITION
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
1 THE FORMATION OF SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS
2 THE CONCEPTION OF FORCE IN ANCIENT THOUGHT
3 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONCEPT OF FORCE IN GREEK SCIENCE
4 CONCEPTS OF FORCE IN PRECLASSICAL MECHANICS
5 THE SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTUALIZATION OF FORCE: KEPLER
6 "FORCE" AND THE RISE OF CLASSICAL MECHANICS"
7 THE NEWTONIAN CONCEPT OF FORCE
8 THE CONCEPT OF FORCE IN THEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATIONS OF NEWTONIAN MECHANICS
9 "DYNAMISM: LEIBNIZ, BOSCOVICH, KANT, SPENCER"
10 MECHANISTIC THEORIES OF FORCE (GRAVITATION)
11 MODERN CRITICISM OF THE CONCEPT OF FORCE
12 THE CONCEPT OF FORCE IN CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE
INDEX

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