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View SchemaHeat and Kinetic Theory in 19th-Century Physics Textbooks: The Case of Spain
| Authors | J. M. Vaquero, A. Santos |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0002042 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0002042 |
| DOI | 10.1023/A:1008753114497 |
| Journal | Science & Education 10 (3), 307-319 (2001) |
Abstract
Spain was a scientifically backward country in the early 19th-century. The causes were various political events, the War of Independence, and the reign of Fernando VII. The introduction of contemporary physics into textbooks was therefore a slow process. An analysis of the contents of 19th-century Spanish textbooks is here presented, centred on imponderable fluids, the concept of energy, the mechanical theory of heat, and the kinetic theory of gases.
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