Ether and modernity: the recalcitrance of an epistemic object in the early twentieth century
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198797258
Date de publication :
2 oct. 2018
Dimensions :
24,3 x 17,4 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
654 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
How was ether, an epistemic object largely accepted in the 19th century, regarded in the early 20th century? An older generation of philosophers saw the end of the ether as a paradigmatic case of falsification in science; but far from being unproblematically rejected, the ether was for many one element of modern physics and modernist culture.