A technical-scientific production of James Prescott Joule: a reading from the epistemology of Ludwik Fleck

This paper aims an epistemologically analysis of the attempt of James Prescott Joule to replace the steam engine by the electric one. In this historical analysis, we use the epistemological categories: style of thinking, collective thinking, intercollective circulation of ideas and practices,Joule...

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Main Authors: Wellington Pereira de Queirós, Roberto Nardi, Demétrio Delizoicov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 2014-03-01
Series:Investigações em Ensino de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.if.ufrgs.br/ienci/artigos/Artigo_ID361/v19_n1_a2014.pdf