Oliver Lodge: Ether and Reality | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781108052665 | Ether and Reality | Oliver Lodge | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2012

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Among the widely agreed facts of physics in the late nineteenth century was the existence of luminiferous ether: the medium through which light was thought to travel. Theorised to be a highly rarefied substance, the ether accounted for the movement of light, gravity and even heat across a vacuum. It also had great implications for spiritualism. Where thought was not proven to be a result of chemistry in the brain, the presence of ether allowed for the idea that cognition and emotion might exist independently of a physical body. First published in 1925, this monograph by the eminent physicist and ether advocate Sir Oliver Lodge (1851-1940) was written for the non-scientific reader. With a focus on straightforward explanations rather than mathematical theory, his book still represents a fascinating introduction to the topic today.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue on science and philosophy; 1. The ether and its vibrations; 2. Fundamental notions about an ether; 3. On waves; 4. The ether as transmitter of force; 5. Action at a distance; 6. Electricity and its action across space; 7. Magnetism; 8. Electromagnetism; 9. Matter as one of the forms of ether energy; 10. Life and mind and their use of the ether; Epilogue: the ultimate physical reality.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2012
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781108052665
ISBN-10:	1108052665
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Lodge, Oliver
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	216 x 140 x 10 mm
Von/Mit:	Oliver Lodge
Erscheinungsdatum:	09.08.2012
Gewicht:	0,237 kg