Studying scientific thought experiments in their context: Albert Einstein and electromagnetic induction

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2017.04.002zbMath1364.00026OpenAlexW2610401384MaRDI QIDQ2358033

Bert Leuridan, Jan Potters

Publication date: 20 June 2017

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

Full work available at URL: https://hdl.handle.net/10067/1440740151162165141

zbMATH Keywords

Albert Einsteinargument analysismagnet-conductor thought experimentscientific thought experiments

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B03) Foundations of time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C03) Physics (00A79) Foundations in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A02)

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