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The Ethereal Aether
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Author : Loyd S. Swenson
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2013-08-28
The Ethereal Aether written by Loyd S. Swenson and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-28 with Science categories.
The Ethereal Aether is a historical narrative of one of the great experiments in modern physical science. The fame of the 1887 Michelson-Morley aether-drift test on the relative motion of the earth and the luminiferous aether derives largely from the role it is popularly supposed to have played in the origins, and later in the justification, of Albert Einstein’s first theory of relativity; its importance is its own. As a case history of the intermittent performance of an experiment in physical optics from 1880 to 1930 and of the men whose work it was, this study describes chronologically the conception, experimental design, first trials, repetitions, influence on physical theory, and eventual climax of the optical experiment. Michelson, Morley, and their colleague Miller were the prime actors in this half-century drama of confrontation between experimental and theoretical physics. The issue concerned the relative motion of “Spaceship Earth” and the Universe, as measured against the background of a luminiferous medium supposedly filling all interstellar space. At stake, it seemed, were the phenomena of astronomical aberration, the wave theory of light, and the Newtonian concepts of absolute space and time. James Clerk Maxwell’s suggestion for a test of his electromagnetic theory was translated by Michelson into an experimental design in 1881, redesigned and reaffirmed as a null result with Morley in 1887, thereafter modified and partially repeated by Morley and Miller, finally completed in 1926 by Miller alone, then by Michelson’s team again in the late 1920s. Meanwhile Helmholtz, Kelvin, Rayleigh, FitzGerald, Lodge, Larmor, Lorentz, and Poincaré—most of the great names in theoretical physics at the turn of the twentieth century—had wrestled with the anomaly presented by Michelson’s experiment. As the relativity and quantum theories matured, wave-particle duality was accepted by a new generation of physicists. The aether-drift tests disproved the old and verified the new theories of light and electromagnetism. By 1930 they seemed to explain Einstein, relativity, and space-time. But in historical fact, the aether died only with its believers.
The Ethereal Aether
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Author : Loyd S. Swenson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
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The Ethereal Aether A History Of The Michelson Morley Miller Aether Drift Experiments 1880 1930
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Author : Loyd S. Jr Swenson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
The Ethereal Aether A History Of The Michelson Morley Miller Aether Drift Experiments 1880 1930 written by Loyd S. Jr Swenson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Ether (Space) categories.
The Luminal Chronicles Aether S Legacy Unveiled
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Author : Robbie Dexter
language : en
Publisher: Notion Press
Release Date : 2024-06-20
The Luminal Chronicles Aether S Legacy Unveiled written by Robbie Dexter and has been published by Notion Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-20 with categories.
Embark on a captivating journey through Lumaria, where Aether and magic shape the destiny of all who dwell within. Guided by luminaries Aetherius Luxarum and Lumina Solara, the Luminary Consortium seeks to unlock the secrets of a world brimming with untold wonders. But as creativity sparks and a celestial prophecy unfurls, the emergence of the Beati of Magic Creation brings both promise and peril, threatening the delicate balance between.
The Ethereal Aether
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Author : Loyd S. Swenson
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 1972-01-01
The Ethereal Aether written by Loyd S. Swenson and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972-01-01 with Science categories.
The Ethereal Aether is a historical narrative of one of the great experiments in modern physical science. The fame of the 1887 Michelson-Morley aether-drift test on the relative motion of the earth and the luminiferous aether derives largely from the role it is popularly supposed to have played in the origins, and later in the justification, of Albert Einstein’s first theory of relativity; its importance is its own. As a case history of the intermittent performance of an experiment in physical optics from 1880 to 1930 and of the men whose work it was, this study describes chronologically the conception, experimental design, first trials, repetitions, influence on physical theory, and eventual climax of the optical experiment. Michelson, Morley, and their colleague Miller were the prime actors in this half-century drama of confrontation between experimental and theoretical physics. The issue concerned the relative motion of “Spaceship Earth” and the Universe, as measured against the background of a luminiferous medium supposedly filling all interstellar space. At stake, it seemed, were the phenomena of astronomical aberration, the wave theory of light, and the Newtonian concepts of absolute space and time. James Clerk Maxwell’s suggestion for a test of his electromagnetic theory was translated by Michelson into an experimental design in 1881, redesigned and reaffirmed as a null result with Morley in 1887, thereafter modified and partially repeated by Morley and Miller, finally completed in 1926 by Miller alone, then by Michelson’s team again in the late 1920s. Meanwhile Helmholtz, Kelvin, Rayleigh, FitzGerald, Lodge, Larmor, Lorentz, and Poincaré—most of the great names in theoretical physics at the turn of the twentieth century—had wrestled with the anomaly presented by Michelson’s experiment. As the relativity and quantum theories matured, wave-particle duality was accepted by a new generation of physicists. The aether-drift tests disproved the old and verified the new theories of light and electromagnetism. By 1930 they seemed to explain Einstein, relativity, and space-time. But in historical fact, the aether died only with its believers.
Ether And Modernity
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Author : Jaume Navarro
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-09-05
Ether And Modernity written by Jaume Navarro and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-05 with Science categories.
Ether and Modernity offers a snapshot of the status of an epistemic object, the "ether" (or "aether"), in the early twentieth century. The contributed papers show that the ether was often regarded as one of the objects of modernity, hand in hand with the electron, radioactivity or X-rays, and not simply as the stubborn residue of an old-fashioned, long-discarded science. The prestige and authority of scientists and popularisers like Oliver Lodge and Arthur Eddington in Britain, Phillip Lenard in Germany or Dayton C. Miller in the USA was instrumental in the preservation, defence or even re-emergence of the ether in the 1920s. Moreover, the consolidation of wireless communications and radio broadcasting, indeed a very modern technology, brought the ether into audiences that would otherwise never have heard about such an esoteric entity. The ether also played a pivotal role among some artists in the early twentieth century: the values of modernism found in the complexities and contradictions of modern physics, such as wireless action or wave-particle puzzles, a fertile ground for the development of new artistic languages; in literature as much as in the pictorial and performing arts. Essays on the intellectual foundations of Umberto Boccioni's art, the linguistic techniques of Lodge, and Ernst Mach's considerations on aesthetics and physics witness to the imbricate relationship between the ether and modernism. Last but not least, the ether played a fundamental part in the resurgence of modern spiritualism in the aftermath of the Great War. This book examines the complex array of meanings, strategies and milieus that enabled the ether to remain an active part in scientific and cultural debates well into the 1930s, but not beyond. This portrait may be easily regarded as the swan song of an epistemic object that was soon to fade away as shown by Paul Dirac's unsuccessful attempt to resuscitate some kind of aether in 1951, with which this book finishes.
Imre Lakatos And The Guises Of Reason
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Author : John Kadvany
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2001-04-09
Imre Lakatos And The Guises Of Reason written by John Kadvany and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-04-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
An exploration of the philosophy of science and mathematics of Hungarian emigre, Imre Lakatos, demonstrating its contemporary relevance.
The Living Universe
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Author : Agathe Thornton
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2018-08-14
The Living Universe written by Agathe Thornton and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-14 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Problem Of Disenchantment
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Author : Egil Asprem
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2018-05-31
The Problem Of Disenchantment written by Egil Asprem and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-31 with Religion categories.
Max Weber famously characterized the ongoing process of intellectualization and rationalization that separates the natural world from the divine (by excluding magic and value from the realm of science, and reason and fact from the realm of religion) as the "disenchantment of the world." Egil Asprem argues for a conceptual shift in how we view this key narrative of modernity. Instead of a sociohistorical process of disenchantment that produces increasingly rational minds, Asprem maintains that the continued presence of "magic" and "enchantment" in people's everyday experience of the world created an intellectual problem for those few who were socialized to believe that nature should contain no such incalculable mysteries. Drawing on a wide range of early twentieth-century primary sources from theoretical physics, occultism, embryology, radioactivity, psychical research, and other fields, Asprem casts the intellectual life of high modernity as a synchronic struggle across conspicuously different fields that shared surprisingly similar intellectual problems about value, meaning, and the limits of knowledge.
Relativity Principles And Theories From Galileo To Einstein
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Author : Olivier Darrigol
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2021-12-22
Relativity Principles And Theories From Galileo To Einstein written by Olivier Darrigol and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-22 with Science categories.
This book is a full, long-term history of relativity thinking in physics, from Galileo's early reflections on the proper reference of mechanical motion to Einstein's exploitation of relativity principles in his theories of special and general relativity.