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Empire-Laden Theory: The Technological and Colonial Roots of Maxwell’s Theories of Electromagnetism

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Cameron Lazaroff-Puck
Journal: Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences
Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences (2024) 54 (1): 42–83.
https://doi.org/10.1525/hsns.2024.54.1.42
Published: 01 February 2024
...Cameron Lazaroff-Puck James Clerk Maxwell’s theories of electromagnetism are distinctively Victorian products. Analysis of his often ignored theory of electric absorption and the Maxwellians’ “leaky condenser” reveals that critical details of these theories were shaped by Victorian electrical...
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Transmitting Knowledge across Divides: Optical Dispersion from Classical to Quantum Physics

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Marta Jordi Taltavull
Journal: Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences
Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences (2016) 46 (3): 313–359.
https://doi.org/10.1525/hsns.2016.46.3.313
Published: 01 June 2016
... across these discontinuities. © 2016 by the Regents of the University of California 2016 optics optical dispersion ether electromagnetism quantum physics Bohr’s atomic model Ladenburg continuity and discontinuity of knowledge resonance model virtual oscillators MARTA JORDI TALTAVULL...
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