Physics and its Concepts Peter M. Harman, Energy, force and matter. The conceptual development of nineteenth-century physics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. Pp. ix + 182. £13.50 , £5.50 . Peter M. Harman, Metaphysics and natural philosophy. The problem of substance in classical physics. Brighton: Harvester Press, 1982. Pp. xvi + 168. £18.95. ISBN 0-7108-0451-2 [Book Review]

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