The scientist's atom and the philosopher's stone
Subtitle: how science succeeded and philosophy failed to gain knowledge of atoms
By: Alan Chalmers
Series: Boston studies in the philosophy of science -- v. 279; Boston studies in the philosophy of science -- v. 279.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Dordrecht; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9789048123612
Subjects: Naturwissenschaften; Atomisme; Empirische methoden; Atomic theory; Atomistik; Naturphilosophie; History
Other titles: How science succeeded and philosophy failed to gain knowledge of atoms
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-276) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Atomism : science or philosophy?; title: Democritean atomism; title: How does Epicurus's garden grow?; title: Atomism in its ancient Greek perspective; title: From the ancient Greeks to the dawn of science; title: Atomism, experiment and the mechanical philosophy : the work of Robert Boyle; title: Newton's atomism and its fate; title: The emergence of modern chemistry with no debt to atomism; title: Dalton's atomism and tis creative modification via chemical formulae; title: From Avogadro to Cannizzaro : the old story; title: Thermodynamics and the kinetic theory; title: Experimental contact with molecules; title: Experimental contact with electrons; title: Atomism vindicated?