Ether and modernity : the recalcitrance of an epistemic object in the early twentieth century / edited by Jaume Navarro.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Navarro, Jaume, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ether (Space).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

How was ether, an epistemic object largely accepted in the 19th century, regarded in the early 20th century? An older generation of philosophers saw the end of the ether as a paradigmatic case of falsification in science; but far from being unproblematically rejected, the ether was for many one element of modern physics and modernist culture. This text offers a snapshot of the status of an epistemic object, the 'ether' (or 'aether'), in the early twentieth century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-251780-5

0-19-183875-6

0-19-251779-1