From phenomenology to field theory: Faraday's visual reasoning

Perspectives on Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-65

  Gooding, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79957634843     PISSN: 10636145     EISSN: 15309274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/posc.2006.14.1.40     Document Type: Article

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