Controvérsias sobre o atomismo no século XIX Controversies on atomism in the nineteenth century

<abstract language="eng">The present article reviews aspects of the controversy in nineteenth-century physical sciences between atomists and anti-atomists, and the scientific, philosophical and methodological aspects about the atomic debates. The meanings of the atom concept used by...

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Main Author: Maria da Conceição Marinho Oki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2009-01-01
Series:Química Nova
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422009000400043