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RECORD NUMBER: 15 OF 18| Main Title | The discovery of the conservation of energy / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Elkana, Yehuda, | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Harvard University Press, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 1974 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 00958014 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 0674212401; 9780674212404 | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Conservation laws (Physics)--History ; Energy transfer ; Science--history ; Energieerhaltung ; Geschichte ; Force and energy ; Physics--Philosophy ; âEnergie--Conservation | |||||||||||
| Additional Subjects | Conservation laws (Physics)--History | |||||||||||
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| Collation | x, 213 pages 25 cm. | |||||||||||
| Notes | "This book originated in a Ph. D. dissertation ... at Brandeis University." Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-205). |
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| Contents Notes | Introduction -- The tradition in mechanics -- Heat and energy -- Physiological background -- 'Die erhaltung der kraft' -- The institutional setting -- The philosophical background -- Criticism and open questions -- Appendix: The conservation of energy: a case of simultaneous discovery? |