Chapter ID: CBB001023231

Scientific Facts and Empirical Concepts: The Case of Electricity (2010)

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Steinle, Friedrich (Author)


Pages: 31-44
Publication date: 2010
Language: English


Description Focuses on the work of 18th-century French natural philosopher Charles Dufay.


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Book Epple, Moritz; Zittel, Claus (2010) Science as Cultural Practice. unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Bycroft, Michael
Baravalle, Lorenzo
Bensaude-Vincent, Bernadette
Blondel, Christine
Coppola, Al
Finger, Stanley
Journals
História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Eighteenth-Century Studies
Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences
Hyle
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Publishers
University of Chicago
Cornell University
Ashgate
Springer
Wehrhahn
Concepts
Electricity; magnetism
Epistemology
Theory (philosophy)
Experiments and experimentation
Popularization
Methodology of science; scientific method
People
Dufay, Charles-François de Cisternai
Franklin, Benjamin
Bonnet, Charles
Delisle, Guillaume
Duchenne de Boulogne, Guillaume Benjamin
Duhem, Pierre
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
17th century
20th century
Enlightenment
20th century, late
Places
France
Great Britain
England
Paris (France)
Germany
Institutions
Académie des Sciences, Paris
Académie Royale des Sciences (France)
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