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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... light . As an elementary phenomenon , it may easily be observed whenever light passes a solid body producing a shadow . Coloured fringes , for the first time systematically described by Grimaldi , 18 appear at the borders of these ...
... light . As an elementary phenomenon , it may easily be observed whenever light passes a solid body producing a shadow . Coloured fringes , for the first time systematically described by Grimaldi , 18 appear at the borders of these ...
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... light's wave character and quite independent of any pre - supposed mechanical interaction between a massive body and extremely small light particles . Clearing the terrain during a short orientational phase , Fresnel left aside all ...
... light's wave character and quite independent of any pre - supposed mechanical interaction between a massive body and extremely small light particles . Clearing the terrain during a short orientational phase , Fresnel left aside all ...
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... light in occidental history before , Fresnel's optical theories give the opportunity to construct , or disclose , a fascinating relationship with socio - semantic considerations . The implicit connection between elementary light waves ...
... light in occidental history before , Fresnel's optical theories give the opportunity to construct , or disclose , a fascinating relationship with socio - semantic considerations . The implicit connection between elementary light waves ...
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Ruskins Geology After 1860 | 17 |
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Scientist and Sorceress | 59 |
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