On understanding: Maxwell on the methods of illustration and scientific metaphor
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Publication:720459
DOI10.1016/S1355-2198(01)00018-1zbMath1222.78002MaRDI QIDQ720459
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)
History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of optics and electromagnetic theory (78-03)
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