The Tests of Time : : Readings in the Development of Physical Theory / / ed. by Lisa M. Dolling, Glenn N. Statile, Arthur F. Gianelli.

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• HerausgeberIn: Dolling, Lisa M.,; Gianelli, Arthur F.,; Statile, Glenn N.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
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The development of physical theory is one of our greatest intellectual achievements. Its products--the currently prevailing theories of physics, astronomy, and cosmology--have proved themselves to possess intrinsic beauty and to have enormous explanatory and predictive power. This anthology of prima...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Philosophical Introduction: Philosophy of Science and Physical Theory
• PART I. The Heliocentric Theory
• Introduction
• 1. ARISTOTLE: The Physical Foundation for the Geocentric Universe
• 2. ARISTARCHUS: An Early Version of Heliocentrism
• 3. CLAUDIUS PTOLEMY: The Case for Geocentrism
• 4. NICHOLAUS COPERNICUS: First Thoughts on Heliocentrism
• 5. NICHOLAUS COPERNICUS: The Heliocentric Theory
• 6. TYCHO BRAHE: The Supernova of 1572
• 7. TYCHO BRAHE: Observational Evidence against the Aristotelian Cosmology
• 8. JOHANNES KEPLER: The Sun as the Source of Planetary Motions
• 9. GALILEO GALILEI: Telescopic Observations in Support of Copernicus
• 10. JOHANNES KEPLER: The Superiority of the Copernican System
• 11. GALILEO GALILEI: The Coherence of the Copernican Theory
• 12. ISAAC NEWTON: The Physical Foundations of Heliocentrism
• 13. JOHN HERSCHEL: The Discovery of Stellar Parallax
• Selected Bibliography
• PART II. Electromagnetic Field Theory
• Introduction
• 1. WILLIAM GILBERT: The Properties of Magnets
• 2. CHARLES COULOMB: The Law of Electric Force
• 3. HANS CHRISTIAN OERSTED: The Effect of a Current of Electricity on a Magnetic Needle
• 4. ANDRÉ MARIE AMPÈRE: A Positivist Approach to Electromagnetism
• 5. ISAAC NEWTON: The Particle Theory of Light
• 6. CHRISTIAAN HUYGENS: The Wave Theory of Light
• 7. THOMAS YOUNG: The Vindication of the Wave Theory of Light
• 8. AUGUSTIN FRESNEL AND DOMINIQUE ARAGO: The Transverse Nature of Light Waves
• 9. MICHAEL FARADAY: Electromagnetic Induction
• 10. MICHAEL FARADAY: The Concept of an Electromagnetic Field
• 11. JAMES CLERK MAXWELL: The Theory of the Electromagnetic Field
• 12. JAMES CLERK MAXWELL: The Electromagnetic Theory of Light
• 13. JAMES CLERK MAXWELL: The Medium for Electromagnetic Waves
• 14. HEINRICH HERTZ: The Production of Electromagnetic Waves
• Selected Bibliography
• PART III. The Theory of Relativity
• Introduction
• 1. JAMES CLERK MAXWELL: The Ether
• 2. ALBERT MICHELSON: The Ether and Optical Experiments
• 3. GEORGE F. FITZGERALD: The Contraction Hypothesis
• 4. HENDRICK A. LORENTZ: The Contraction Hypothesis
• 5. HENRI POINCARÉ: A Prelude to Relativity
• 6. ALBERT EINSTEIN: The Postulates of the Special Theory of Relativity
• 7. HERMAN MINKOWSKI: The Space-Time Continuum
• 8. ALBERT EINSTEIN: The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity
• 9. ALBERT EINSTEIN: The Ramifications of the Special and General Theories of Relativity
• 10. ARTHUR EDDINGTON: The Bending of Light Rays
• 11. ALBERT EINSTEIN: Ether and Relativity
• 12. ALBERT EINSTEIN: Later Comments on General Relativity
• 13. ALBERT EINSTEIN: E = MC2
• Selected Bibliography
• PART IV. Quantum Theory
• Introduction
• Historical and Conceptual Development
• 1. MAX PLANCK: The Quantum Hypothesis
• 2. ALBERT EINSTEIN: The Photon
• 3. NIELS BOHR: The Quantum Character of the Atom
• 4. LOUIS DE BROGLIE: The Wave Nature of the Electron
• 5. NIELS BOHR: Complementarity and the New Quantum Theory
• 6. NIELS BOHR: The Debate with Einstein
• 7. ALBERT EINSTEIN: Response to Bohr
• 8. WERNER HEISENBERG: A Brief History of Quantum Theory
• 9. WERNER HEISENBERG: The Copenhagen Interpretation
• 10. ERWIN SCHRÖDINGER: The Fundamental Idea of Wave Mechanics
• 11. ERWIN SCHRÖDINGER: Are There Quantum Jumps?
• 12. P.A.M. DIRAC: The Conceptual Difficulties of Quantum Theory
• 13. JOHN A. WHEELER: Observer-Created Reality
• The Completeness Debate
• 14. ALBERT EINSTEIN, BORIS PODOLSKY, AND NATHAN ROSEN: The EPR Paradox
• 15. ALBERT EINSTEIN: The Argument for Incompleteness
• 16. NIELS BOHR: Response to EPR
• 17. DAVID BOHM: The Hidden Variables Hypothesis
• 18. J. S. BELL: Comment on the Hidden Variables Hypothesis
• 19. J. S. BELL: A Conceptual Analysis of the EPR Thought Experiment of David Bohm
• 20. ABNER SHIMONY: Philosophical Reflections on the Completeness Debate
• Selected Bibliography
• PART V. Big Bang Cosmological Theory
• Introduction
• 1. HENRIETTA LEAVITT: Variables in the Magellanic Clouds
• 2. HENRIETTA LEAVITT: The Variability-Luminosity Relationship
• 3. VESTO SLIPHER: The Radial Velocity of the Andromeda Nebula
• 4. VESTO SLIPHER: The Discovery of the Red Shift of Nebula
• 5. HARLOW SHAPLEY: The Measurement of Great Distances
• 6. WILLEM DE SITTER: Relativity and Cosmology
• 7. EDWIN HUBBLE: The Structure of the Universe
• 8. EDWIN HUBBLE: The Velocity-Distance Relationship
• 9. ARTHUR EDDINGTON: The Expanding Universe
• 10. GEORGES LEMAÎTRE: The Beginning of Big Bang Cosmology
• 11. ARNO PENZIAS AND ROBERT WILSON: The Discovery of Background Radiation
• 12. R. H. DICKE, P.J.E. PEEBLES, P. G. ROLL, D. T. WILKINSON: An Explanation of the Penzias and Wilson Discovery
• 13. STEVEN WEINBERG: The Cosmic Microwave Radiation Background
• 14. ALAN GUTH AND PAUL STEINHARDT: The Inflationary Universe
• 15. GEORGE SMOOT AND KEAY DAVIDSON: Wrinkles in Time
• 16. STEPHEN HAWKING: The Edge of Spacetime
• Selected Bibliography
• Epilogue
• 1. HELGE KRAGH: Physical Theory: Present and Future
• Sources of the Readings
• Index of Names
• Index of Concepts
• Permissions