Method and appraisal in the physical sciences: the critical background to modern science, 1800-1905

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New York: Cambridge University Press (1976)
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Lakatos, I. History of science and its rational reconstructions.--Clark, P. Atomism vs. thermodynamics.--Worrall, J. Thomas Young and the "rufutation" of Newtonian optics.--Musgrave, A. Why did oxygen supplant phlogiston?--Zahar, E. Why did Einstein's programme supersede Lorentz's?--Frické, M. The rejection of Avogadro's hypotheses.--Feyerabend, P. On the critique of scientific reason

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University op otaoo.Martin Frickli
London school of economics and political science.  (pages 41)Peter Clark
London school of economics and political science introduction 1 young's alleged achievement 2 young's work allegedly ignored: The'newton-worship','poor presentation'and. [REVIEW]  (pages 107)John Worrall
University of otaoo.  (pages 181)Alan Musgrave
University of california, Berkeley.  (pages 309)Paul Feyerabend

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