Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences [online] / Ed. Russell McCormmach

Vol. 5 Frontmatter Editor's Foreword Contents Introduction A. Number of Academic Physicists B. Personal Income C. Laboratory Expenditures D. New Plant E. Productivity Bibliography Notes on Contributors

Vol. 6 Frontmatter Contents Editor’s Foreword The Emergence of Japan’s First Physicists: 1868–1900 The Reception of the Wave Theory of Light in Britain: A Case Study Illustrating the Role of Methodology in Scientific Debate Origins and Consolidation of Field Theory in Nineteenth-Century Britain: From the Mechanical to the Electromagnetic View of Nature Hertz’s Researches on Electromagnetic Waves God and Nature: Priestley’s Way of Rational Dissent Laurent, Gerhardt, and the Philosophy of Chemistry The Lewis-Langmuir Theory of Valence and the Chemical Community, 1920–1928 G. Ν. Lewis on Detailed Balancing, the Symmetry of Time, and the Nature of Light Rutherford and Recoil Atoms: The Metamorphosis and Success of a Once Stillborn Theory Notes on Contributors

Vol. 7 Frontmatter Contents Editor's Foreword The Ether Problem, the Mechanistic Worldview, and the Origins of the Theory of Relativity Einstein’s Early Scientific Collaboration Max Planck’s Philosophy of Nature and His Elaboration of the Special Theory of Relativity The Concept of Particle Creation before and after Quantum Mechanics Chemistry as a Branch of Physics: Laplace's Collaboration with Lavoisier Mayer’s Concept of “Force”: The "Axis" of a New Science of Physics Debates over the Theory of Solution: A Study of Dissent in Physical Chemistry in the English-Speaking World in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries The Rise of Physics Laboratories in Britain The Establishment of the Royal College of Chemistry: An Investigation of the Social Context of Early-Victorian Chemistry Note on Contributors IN MEMORIAM: Tetu Hirosige (1928-1975)

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