Maxwell’s necessity of the ether. “Not only because the wave theory of light necessarily called for the existence of the medium, but also due to an horror vacui in interstellar space.” https://t.co/4CKuSgV0Q6
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“Maxwell (1878) finished his article in the same way he began it, namely, by appealing to the necessity of the ether.” https://t.co/4CKuSgV0Q6
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“What is the ultimate constitution of the aether? Is it molecular or continuous?” (Maxwell, 1878) https://t.co/4CKuSgV0Q6
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Biographies in the History of Physics Actors, Objects, Institutions Editors: Forstner, Christian, Walker, Mark (Eds.) "Builds bridges between various perspectives on the history of physics." https://t.co/IvieU0ztqd https://t.co/FDKWkBSYqo