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020 _a9780511665387 (ebook)
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020 _z9780521035071 (paperback)
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050 0 0 _aQC403
_b.H3513 1995
082 0 0 _a535/.1/09033
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100 1 _aHakfoort, Casper,
_eauthor.
240 1 0 _aOptica in de eeuw van Euler.
_lEnglish
245 1 0 _aOptics in the age of Euler :
_bconceptions of the nature of light, 1700-1795 /
_cCasper Hakfoort.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1995.
300 _a1 online resource (vi, 243 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aAccording 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 1 0 _aEuler, Leonhard,
_d1707-1783
_xKnowledge
_xOptics.
650 0 _aWave theory of light
_xHistory.
650 0 _aPhysical optics
_xHistory.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521404716
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511665387
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