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Access through your institution Buy or subscribe STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN PHYSICS: PART B OF STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Edited by: * _Jeremy Butterfield,

_ * _Peter Gallison & _ * _Michael Redhead_ Pergamon. 4/yr. NFl523 pp.,$300 The history and philosophy of science were once largely the domain of former physicists. These were almost

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gradually changed. More conventional historiography began to be heard, women entered the field, sciences other than physics began to be considered, and viewpoints such as social

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AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Department of Physics, David Goodstein & Judith Goodstein * Judith Goodstein (Department of History), David Goodstein & Judith Goodstein

* California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 91125, California, USA David Goodstein & Judith Goodstein Authors * David Goodstein View author publications You can also search for this

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