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Optics in the age of Euler : (Record no. 522567)

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001 - CONTROL NUMBER
control field CR9780511665387
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field UkCbUP
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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006 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--ADDITIONAL MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS--GENERAL INFORMATION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780511665387 (ebook)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Cancelled/invalid ISBN 9780521404716 (hardback)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Cancelled/invalid ISBN 9780521035071 (paperback)
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency UkCbUP
Language of cataloging eng
Description conventions rda
Transcribing agency UkCbUP
041 1# - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
Language code of original and/or intermediate translations of text dut
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number QC403
Item number .H3513 1995
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 535/.1/09033
Edition number 20
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Hakfoort, Casper,
Relator term author.
240 10 - UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title <a href="Optica in de eeuw van Euler.">Optica in de eeuw van Euler.</a>
Language of a work English
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Optics in the age of Euler :
Remainder of title conceptions of the nature of light, 1700-1795 /
Statement of responsibility, etc Casper Hakfoort.
264 #1 - Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice (R)
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture (R) Cambridge :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer (R) Cambridge University Press,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 1995.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 1 online resource (vi, 243 pages) :
Other physical details digital, PDF file(s).
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Content type term (R) text
Content type code (R) txt
Source (NR) rdacontent
337 ## - Media Type (R)
Media type term (R) computer
Media type code (R) c
Source (NR) rdamedia
338 ## - Carrier Type (R)
Carrier type term (R) online resource
Carrier type code (R) cr
Source (NR) rdacarrier
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc According to received historiography, the fundamental issue in eighteenth-century optics was whether light could be understood as the emission of particles, or as the motion of waves in a subtle medium. Moreover, the emission theory of light was supposed to have been dominant in the eighteenth century, backed by Newton's physical arguments. This picture is enriched and qualified by focusing on the origins, contents and reception of the wave theory of light, published by Leonhard Euler in 1746, studied in depth in this 1995 book. Contrary to what has been assumed, the particle-wave debate only starts with Euler. When the emission view of light suddenly became dominant in Germany around 1795, it was new chemical experiments that proved crucial. Reflecting on the mathematical, experimental and metaphysical aspects of physical optics, a general picture of early modern science is outlined in the epilogue to the book.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Euler, Leonhard,
Dates associated with a name 1707-1783
General subdivision Knowledge
-- Optics.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Wave theory of light
General subdivision History.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Physical optics
General subdivision History.
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
Display text Print version:
International Standard Book Number 9780521404716
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511665387">https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511665387</a>

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