On conceptual issues in classical electrodynamics: prospects and problems of an action-at-a-distance interpretation

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2009.12.002zbMath1228.78002OpenAlexW1968537354MaRDI QIDQ652804

Wolfgang Pietsch

Publication date: 17 December 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)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2009.12.002

zbMATH Keywords

electrodynamicsenergy conservationlocalityaction at a distance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25) Foundations in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A02)

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