A Faradayan Principle for Selecting Classical Field Theories

DOI10.1080/02698590701305768MaRDI QIDQ5308986zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Olivier Darrigol

Publication date 9 October 2007

Published in International Studies in the Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/02698590701305768

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physics (00A79) Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05) Foundations in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A02) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03)

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