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How do ideas become accepted by the scientific community? How and why do scientists choose among empirically equivalent theories? In this pathbreaking book translated from the Italian, Marcello Pera addresses these questions by exploring the politics, rhetoric, scientific practices, and metaphysical assumptions that entered into the famous Galvani-



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One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1992

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*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Illustrations, pg. ix*Foreword, pg. xi*Acknowledgments, pg. xv*List of Abbreviations, pg. xvii*Introduction, pg. xix*Chapter 1. Electricity, the Science of Wonders, pg. 1*Chapter 2. Volta's and Galvani's Scientific Training, pg. 38*Chapter 3. Galvani's Experiments and Theory, pg. 69*Chapter 4. Volta's First Reaction, pg. 96*Chapter 5. The Crucial Experiments, pg. 117*Chapter 6. The Pile, pg. 146*Notes, pg. 177*References, pg. 189*Name Index, pg. 201

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 7/1/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780691603971, 978-0691603971
      ISBN10: 0691603979

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      How do ideas become accepted by the scientific community? How and why do scientists choose among empirically equivalent theories? In this pathbreaking book translated from the Italian, Marcello Pera addresses these questions by exploring the politics, rhetoric, scientific practices, and metaphysical assumptions that entered into the famous Galvani-



      Trade Review
      One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1992

      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Illustrations, pg. ix*Foreword, pg. xi*Acknowledgments, pg. xv*List of Abbreviations, pg. xvii*Introduction, pg. xix*Chapter 1. Electricity, the Science of Wonders, pg. 1*Chapter 2. Volta's and Galvani's Scientific Training, pg. 38*Chapter 3. Galvani's Experiments and Theory, pg. 69*Chapter 4. Volta's First Reaction, pg. 96*Chapter 5. The Crucial Experiments, pg. 117*Chapter 6. The Pile, pg. 146*Notes, pg. 177*References, pg. 189*Name Index, pg. 201

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