On understanding: Maxwell on the methods of illustration and scientific metaphor

DOI10.1016/S1355-2198(01)00018-1zbMath1222.78002MaRDI QIDQ720459

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Publication date: 15 October 2011

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

modelsunificationMaxwellmetaphorsillustrationsscientific method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of optics and electromagnetic theory (78-03)

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