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Forces and Fields

Book by Mary B. Hesse

Forces and Fields :The concept of Action at a Distance in the history of physics (1961) is a book by Mary B. Hesse, published by Philosophical library.[1]

First edition (publ. Thomas Nelson)

Summary

Forces and Fields has eleven chapters. The first ten chapters consist of 5 or more sections. The eleventh, 2 sections. These chapters are titled The Logical Status of Theories, The Primitive Analogies, Mechanism in Greek Science, The Greek Inheritance, The Corpuscular Philosophy, The Theory of Gravitation, Action at a Distance, The Field Theories, The theory of Relativity, Modern Physics, and The Metaphysical Framework of Physics.

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References

  1. [1]
    Hesse, Mary B. (1961). Forces and Fields: The Concept of Action at a Distance in the History of Physics. Dover Publications.


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