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*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. ix*Editor's Foreword, pg. xi*The Ether Problem, the Mechanistic Worldview, and the Origins of the Theory of Relativity, pg. 1*Einstein's Early Scientific Collaboration, pg. 83*Max Planck's Philosophy of Nature and His Elaboration of the Special Theory of Relativity, pg. 125*The Concept of Particle Creation before and after Quantum Mechanics, pg. 161*Chemistry as a Branch of Physics: Laplace's Collaboration with Lavoisier, pg. 193*Mayer's Concept of "Force": The "Axis" of a New Science of Physics, pg. 277*Debates over the Theory of Solution: A Study of Dissent in Physical Chemistry in the English-Speaking World in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries, pg. 297*The Rise of Physics Laboratories in Britain, pg. 405*The Establishment of the Royal College of Chemistry: An Investigation of the Social Context of Early-Victorian Chemistry, pg. 437*Note on Contributors, pg. 487*IN MEMORIAM: Tetu Hirosige (1928-1975), pg. 488

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 4/19/2016 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780691644158, 978-0691644158
      ISBN10: 0691644152

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      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. ix*Editor's Foreword, pg. xi*The Ether Problem, the Mechanistic Worldview, and the Origins of the Theory of Relativity, pg. 1*Einstein's Early Scientific Collaboration, pg. 83*Max Planck's Philosophy of Nature and His Elaboration of the Special Theory of Relativity, pg. 125*The Concept of Particle Creation before and after Quantum Mechanics, pg. 161*Chemistry as a Branch of Physics: Laplace's Collaboration with Lavoisier, pg. 193*Mayer's Concept of "Force": The "Axis" of a New Science of Physics, pg. 277*Debates over the Theory of Solution: A Study of Dissent in Physical Chemistry in the English-Speaking World in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries, pg. 297*The Rise of Physics Laboratories in Britain, pg. 405*The Establishment of the Royal College of Chemistry: An Investigation of the Social Context of Early-Victorian Chemistry, pg. 437*Note on Contributors, pg. 487*IN MEMORIAM: Tetu Hirosige (1928-1975), pg. 488

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