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Crossing borders in the 19th century and now — two examples of weaving a scientific network
Condensed Matter Physics, 2020 Scientific research is and was at all times a transnational (global) activity. In this respect, it crosses several borders: national, cultural, and ideological. Even in times when physical borders separated the scientific community, scientists kept their
R. Folk, Yu. Holovatch
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The history and the meaning of Einstein’s Principle of Equivalence
Science & Philosophy, 2020 We review from a historical and a didactic point of view the Equivalence Principle, which was considered by Einstein as the corner stone of his new theory of Gravitation: the General Relativity.
Antonio Feoli
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Identities in/out of physics and the politics of recognition
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2021 Framed within intersectionality, this multiple case study explores women's participation in physics through the construct of physics identity and with a focus on recognition. The study is drawn upon an empirical life-history exploration of three women: a
Lucy Avraamidou
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The physical tourist. Physics in Glasgow: a heritage tour [PDF]
, 2006 I trace the history of the physical and applied sciences, and particularly physics, in Glasgow. Among the notable individuals I discuss are Joseph Black (1728-1799), James Watt (1736-1819), William John Macquorn Rankine (1820-1872), William Thomson ...
Johnston, S.F.
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In search of relativistic time [PDF]
, 2013 This paper explores the status of some notions which are usually associated to time, like datations, chronology, durations, causality, cosmic time and time functions in the Einsteinian relativistic theories. It shows how, even if some of these notions do
Lachieze-Rey, Marc
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Ciência e arte: relações improváveis? Science and art: unlikely relations?
História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2006 Este artigo discute as relações entre ciência e arte, principalmente entre física e pintura, com o objetivo de apresentar uma abordagem cultural para a ciência.
José Claudio Reis +2 more
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Physical Sources of Biblical History [PDF]
Histoire, médecine et santé, 2017 The Reformation and the consequent divergence of religious cultures in Europe had profound consequences for intellectual regimes across the continent. Learned medicine was no exception in that respect. One area where we may gauge the effects of this development was in the field of medicina sacra: the application of medical knowledge to the ...
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Oral History and Physical Therapy: The Importance of Physical Therapy History [PDF]
Physiotherapy Canada, 2013 The study of physical therapy history in Canada has focused mainly on the profession's origins and its development alongside medicine after World War II.1 While it is important to document our professional origins, our history also includes local and broader community narratives across the country that need to be studied and celebrated.
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Philosophy in science – a case study of the reception of the Special and the General Theory of Relativity in Kraków and Lwów before 1925 [PDF]
Studia Historiae Scientiarum, 2016 A centenary of Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity brings forward some questions with regard to the impact of Einstein’s theory on philosophy.
Paweł Polak
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Physics of vacuum at ITEP and around [PDF]
, 2001 Recollections about a few episodes from the history of physics of vacuum, connected with the names of Pomeranchuk, Landau, Zeldovich, Sakharov and Kirzhnits. The text of the talk will be published in the Proceedings of the International Conference ``From
Okun, L. B.
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