Helmholtz and the Conservation of Energy: Contexts of Creation and Reception (Tr
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- Artist
- Caneva, Kenneth L.
- ISBN
- 9780262045735
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262045737
ISBN-13
9780262045735
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23050039387
Product Key Features
Book Title
Helmholtz and the Conservation of Energy : Contexts of Creation and Reception
Number of Pages
760 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Energy, History, Physics / General
Publication Year
2021
Genre
Science
Book Series
Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
42.7 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
7.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2020-026428
Reviews
"Every future study of Helmholtz and the conservation of energy will have to contend with what Caneva has so carefully, so thoroughly, and so magnificently present[ed] as the 'contexts of creation and reception' of Helmholtz's pathbreaking essay on the Erhaltung der Kraft. A landmark study based on a close reading of primary sources and filled with insights and acumen, Caneva's book is a masterpiece." -- Annals of Science "Caneva's impressively detailed piece of scholarship is undoubtedly a landmark contribution." -- Metascience
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
531/.62
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Conventions Introduction 1 Helmholtz's Self-Described Principal Concerns 2 The Broader Context 3 More Immediate Contexts: Johannes Müller and Justus Liebig 4 The Problematic Introduction to On the Conservation of Force and the Question of Kantian Influence 5 The Emergence of Helmholtzian Conservation of Force 6 What Helmholtz Believed He Had Accomplished 7 The Reception of On the Conservation of Force: The First Ten Years 8 Helmholtz and the Conservation of Force in Poggendorff's Annalen through 1865 and in the Fortschritte der Physik through 1867 9 Helmholtz's Place in the Acceptance of the Conservation of Energy 10 Helmholtz's Relationship to Robert Mayer 11 Reflections, Assessment, and Conclusions Historiographical Excursus: How Others Have Interpreted Helmholtz's Achievement Appendix: Magnus' Letter of 1858 to Alexander von Humboldt Bibliography of Primary Sources Bibliography of Secondary Sources Notes Index
Synopsis
An examination of the sources Helmholtz drew upon for his formulation of the conservation of energy and the impact of his work on nineteenth-century physics. In 1847, Herman Helmholtz, arguably the most important German physicist of the nineteenth century, published his formulation of what became known as the conservation of energy--unarguably the most important single development in physics of that century, transforming what had been a conglomeration of separate topics into a coherent field unified by the concept of energy. In Helmholtz and the Conservation of Energy , Kenneth Caneva offers a detailed account of Helmholtz's work on the subject, the sources that he drew upon, the varying responses to his work from scientists of the era, and the impact on physics as a discipline. Caneva describes the set of abiding concerns that prompted Helmholtz's work, including his rejection of the idea of a work-performing vital force, and investigates Helmholtz's relationship to both an older generation of physicists and an emerging community of reformist physiologists. He analyzes Helmholtz's indebtedness to Johannes M ller and Justus Liebig and discusses Helmholtz's tense and ambivalent relationship to the work of Robert Mayer, who had earlier proposed the uncreatability, indestructibility, and transformability of "force." Caneva examines Helmholtz's continued engagement with the subject, his role in the acceptance of the conservation of energy as the central principle of physics, and the eventual incorporation of the principle in textbooks as established science., An examination of the sources Helmholtz drew upon for his formulation of the conservation of energy and the impact of his work on nineteenth-century physics. In 1847, Herman Helmholtz, arguably the most important German physicist of the nineteenth century, published his formulation of what became known as the conservation of energy--unarguably the most important single development in physics of that century, transforming what had been a conglomeration of separate topics into a coherent field unified by the concept of energy. In Helmholtz and the Conservation of Energy , Kenneth Caneva offers a detailed account of Helmholtz's work on the subject, the sources that he drew upon, the varying responses to his work from scientists of the era, and the impact on physics as a discipline. Caneva describes the set of abiding concerns that prompted Helmholtz's work, including his rejection of the idea of a work-performing vital force, and investigates Helmholtz's relationship to both an older generation of physicists and an emerging community of reformist physiologists. He analyzes Helmholtz's indebtedness to Johannes Müller and Justus Liebig and discusses Helmholtz's tense and ambivalent relationship to the work of Robert Mayer, who had earlier proposed the uncreatability, indestructibility, and transformability of "force." Caneva examines Helmholtz's continued engagement with the subject, his role in the acceptance of the conservation of energy as the central principle of physics, and the eventual incorporation of the principle in textbooks as established science.
LC Classification Number
QC73.8.C6C356 2021
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