| Type of Document |
Dissertation |
| Author |
Chen, Xiang
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| URN |
etd-05222007-091352 |
| Title |
Theories, experiments, and human agents : the controversy between emissionists and undulationists in Britain, 1827-1859 |
| Degree |
PhD |
| Department |
Science and Technology Studies |
| Advisory Committee |
| Advisor Name |
Title |
| Barker, Peter |
Committee Chair |
| Ariew, Roger |
Committee Member |
| Buchwald, Zed Z. |
Committee Member |
| Lux, David S. |
Committee Member |
| Moyer, Albert E. |
Committee Member |
| Paterson, Robert A. |
Committee Member |
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| Keywords |
- Corpuscular theory of History 19th century - Light
- Wave theory of light History 19th century - Light
- Optics Great Britain History 19th century
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| Date of Defense |
1992-04-01 |
| Availability |
restricted |
Abstract
This dissertation is an interdisciplinary study of scientific change. The undulatory theory of light replaces the emission theory of light in the early nineteenth century, triggering an "optical revolution" and vigorous debates among physicists in British from the 1830s to the 1850s.
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