The scientist's atom and the philosopher's stone how science succeeded and philosophy failed to gain knowledge of atoms /

Drawing on the results of his own scholarly research as well as that of others the author offers, for the first time, a comprehensive and documented history of theories of the atom from Democritus to the twentieth century. This is not history for its own sake. By critically reflecting on the various...

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Main Author: Chalmers, Alan.
Other Authors: SpringerLink (Online Service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: [Dordrecht] : Springer, 2009.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 287 pages)
Series: Boston studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 279.
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