Repositioning Victorian Sciences: Shifting Centres in Nineteenth-century Scientific ThinkingDavid Clifford An intriguing look at the marginal sciences of the nineteenth century and their influence on the culture of the period. |
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... implicitly connected with these forms of scientific world- making – an aspect which becomes more plausible , when Augustin Fresnel's role within this process of constructing a modern theory of FRESNEL'S PARTICULAR WAVES 163.
... implicitly connected with these forms of scientific world- making – an aspect which becomes more plausible , when Augustin Fresnel's role within this process of constructing a modern theory of FRESNEL'S PARTICULAR WAVES 163.
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... Fresnel's , deeply enmeshed in practical observations and activities , philosophical meditations and the simple intention , to solve problems within a given matrix of ideas . Which is not to say that scientific findings and theoretical ...
... Fresnel's , deeply enmeshed in practical observations and activities , philosophical meditations and the simple intention , to solve problems within a given matrix of ideas . Which is not to say that scientific findings and theoretical ...
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... Fresnel's principle of interfering elementary waves . This interplay of identically pre - conditioned actors means that equally constructed elements may be able to produce new macroscopic structures , without changing each other . The ...
... Fresnel's principle of interfering elementary waves . This interplay of identically pre - conditioned actors means that equally constructed elements may be able to produce new macroscopic structures , without changing each other . The ...
Contents
Ruskins Geology After 1860 | 17 |
Sea Serpents | 31 |
Scientist and Sorceress | 59 |
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