Title: Energy, force, and matter
Description: By focusing on the conceptual issues faced by nineteenth century physicists, this book clarifies the status of field theory, the ether, and thermodynamics in the work of the period. A remarkably synthetic account of a difficult and fragmentary period in scientific development.
Subjects: History, Force and energy, Physics, Science, history, Physique, Histoire, Force et énergie, Natuurkunde, Energie (exacte wetenschappen), Kracht, Énergie, Matière, Physik