Inconsistency, Asymmetry, and Non-Locality: A Philosophical Investigation of Classical Electrodynamics

Inconsistency, Asymmetry, and Non-Locality: A Philosophical Investigation of Classical Electrodynamics

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-240

  Frisch, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Charged particles; Classical electrodynamics; Electromagnetic fields; Philosophy of science; Scientific theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921596549     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0195172159.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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