Getting rid of the Ether. Could Physics have achieved it sooner, with better assistance from Philosophy?
The history of the luminiferous ether is sketched with a view to ascertaining what factors may have kept this idea alive until 1905, when Einstein declared it superfluous.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of the Basque Country
2009-12-01
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| Series: | THEORIA : an International Journal for Theory, History and Fundations of Science |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/457 |
| Summary: | The history of the luminiferous ether is sketched with a view to ascertaining what factors may have kept this idea alive until 1905, when Einstein declared it superfluous. |
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| ISSN: | 0495-4548 2171-679X |