Holistic Inspiration of Physics The Underground History of Electromagnetic Theory

Name: Holistic Inspiration of Physics The Underground History of Electromagnetic Theory
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ISBN: 9780813526355

ISBN-10: 0813526353

ISBN-13: 9780813526355

Edition: 1999

Authors: Val Dusek

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While many books have claimed parallels between modern physics and Eastern philosophy, none have dealt with the historical influences of both Chinese traditional thought and non-mechanistic, holistic western thought on the philosophies of the scientists who developed electromagnetic field theory. In The Holistic Inspirations of Physics, R. Valentine Dusek asks: to what extent is classical field theory a product of organic and holistic philosophies and frameworks?Electromagnetic theory has been greatly influenced by holistic worldviews, Dusek posits, and he highlights three alternative scientific systems that made the development of electromagnetic theory possible: medieval Chinese science,…

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List price: $43.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication date: 8/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 298
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English



Preface and Acknowledgments



Introduction: Historical Undergrounds, Holistic Theories, and Clasical Physics



The Contributions of Chinese Science and Technology



Discovery of the Compass and Magnetic Declination



Major Movements of Chinese Thought



Social Background of Organismic Thought: "China" in Three Classic Sociologies



Interlude: Peter the Wayfarer and the Western Reception of the Compass



Renaissance Occultism



Occultism and the Rise of Early Modern Science



Occultism and the Social Background of Science: Peasants, Artisans, and Women



Gilbert and Early Modern Theories of the Magnet



Kepler and the Magnetic Force Model of the Solar System



Newton: Alchemy and Active Principles



Interlude: Leibniz and China



Romantic Philosophy of Nature and Electromagnetism



Philosophical Background of Romantic Science



Social Background to Romanticism: Revolution and Women



Schelling's Romantic Philosophy of Nature



Coleridge: Poet of Nature



Orsted: Romanticism, Nature Philosophy, and the Discovery of Electromagnetism



Davy, Faraday, and Field Theory



Maxwell, Field Theory, and Mechanical Models



Conclusion: Metaphysics of Science - Creation and Justification


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index