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Description <\/strong>: The object of the course will be to suggest that with the advent of Newtonian physics and its emphasis on the mathematical formulation of physical laws, there has been a gradual transformation of the notion of substance in the wake of more abstract and mathematical formulations of physical phenomena. In order to show this long term movement, we will retrace the development of physics from the point of view of the various hypothetical substances that were taken to constitute the universe and follow their disappearance. We will see how the Cartesian vortex theory was abandoned in the 18th century, how the mechanical ether faced major difficulty at the end of the 19th century and was abandoned in Einstein’s theory of special and general relativity. We will also see that the so-called “wave-particle” duality in quantum mechanics constitute another step toward a formalist view of physics that limits the value of the two major models of physical thinking, namely particles and waves. We will also look at the transformation of the notion of mass from Newton to Einstein. In short, the object of the course is to try to reread the conceptual history of physics from a point of view that makes possible to see long term trends in its development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cours 1 : General Introduction<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Lecture : J.Z. Buchwald and S. Hong, “Physics”, in David Cahan (ed), From Natural Philosophy to the Sciences, Writing in the History of Nineteenth-Science<\/em><\/a>, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2003.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cours 2 : Vortex Theory of Matter and Attraction<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Lectures : Koffi Maglo, \u00ab The Reception of Newton’s Gravitational Theory by Huygens, Varignon, and Maupertuis: How Normal Science may be Revolutionary<\/a> \u00bb, Perspectives on Science<\/em>, Volume 11, Number 2, 2003, pp. 135-169.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

E.J. Aiton, The Vortex Theory of Planetary Motion<\/a><\/em>, (London: Macdonald, 1972), pp. 43-89.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yves Gingras, \u201cWhat Did Mathematics Do to Physics<\/a>\u201d, History of Science<\/em>, vol. 39, 2001, pp. 383-416.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cours 3 : 19th<\/sup> and 20th<\/sup> Century Explanations of Gravity<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Lecture : Aronson, Samuel, \u201cThe Gravitational theory of Georges-Louis Lesage<\/a>\u201d, The Natural Philosopher<\/em>, vol. 3, 1964, pp. 53-74.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F. G. Van Lunteren, \u201cGravitation and 19th Century Physical Worldviews<\/a>\u201d, in P. B. Scheurer and G. Debrock (Eds.) Newton\u2019s Scientific and Philosophical legacy\u2019\u201d, Dordrecht, Kluwer,1988, pp. 161-173.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cours 4 : Caloric Theory<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Lectures : Bellone, Enrico, A World on Paper. Studies on the Second Scientific Revolution<\/a><\/em>, (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1982), pp. 159-169.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stathiss Psillos, “A Philosophical Study of the Transition from the Caloric Theory of Heat to thermodynamics<\/a>“, Stud. Hist. Phil. Sci.<\/em> voil. 25, No 2, 1994, pp. 159-190.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cours 5 : Theories of Ether<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Lectures : Schaffner, Kenneth F., Nineteenth-Century Aether Theories<\/a><\/em>, Pergamon Press, 1972, Chapter 2, pp. 7-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cantor, G.N. and Hodge M.J.S. (Eds), Conceptions of Ether: Studies in the History of Ether theories 1740-1900<\/a><\/em>, (Cambridge: Cambridge university Press, 1981), Chapter 1, pp. 1-60.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cours 6 : Concept of Vacuum<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Lectures : Boyer, Thimothy, \u201cThe Classical Vacuum<\/a>\u201d, Scientific American<\/em>, August 1985, vol. 253, No 2., pp. 70-78.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haisch, B, A. Rueda ands E. Puthoff, \u201cBeyond E=Mc2<\/a>\u201d, The Sciences<\/em>, nov.\/dec. 1994, pp. 26-31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cours 7 : Relativity Theory<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Lectures : Abiko, Seiya, “On Einstein\u2019s Distrust of the Electromagnetic Theory: The Origins of the Light-Velocity Postulate<\/a>“, Hist. Studies in Phys. and Biol. Sciences<\/em>, vol. 33, part 2 (2003), pp. 193-214.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Darrigol, Olivier, \u201cThe Electrodynamics Origins of Relativity Theory<\/a>\u201d, Hist. Studies in Phys. and Biol. Sciences<\/em> vol. 26, Part 2 (1996), pp. 241-312.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maltese, Giulio, \u201cThe late entrance of relativity into Italian Scientific Community (1906-1930)<\/a>\u201d, Hist. Studies in Phys. and Biol. Science<\/em>, vol. 31, Part 1 (2000), pp. 125-173.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cours 8 : The Concept of Mass<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Lectures : Max Jammer, The Concept of Mass<\/a><\/em>, Chapter 11, “The Electromagnetic Concept of Mass”, pp. 136-153.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gaston Bachelard, The Philosophy of No<\/a><\/em>, Orion Press, New York, 1968, chapter, 1 pp. 15-43.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cours 9 : The Concept of Photon<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Lecture : Stachel, John, \u201cEinstein\u2019s Light-Quantum Hypothesis, or Why Didn\u2019t Einstein Propose a Quantum gas a Decade-and-a-Half earlier<\/a>\u201d, Einstein Studies<\/em>, vol. 8, The Formative Years<\/em>, Birkh\u00e4user, 2000, pp. 231-251.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cours 10 : Wave-Particle Duality<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Lecture : John Hendry, “The Development of Attitudes to the Wave-Particle Duality of Light and Quantum Theory, 1900-1920<\/a>\u201d, Annals of Science<\/em>, 1980, pp. 59-79.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cours 11 : Quantum Mechanics<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Lectures : Paul Forman, \u00ab Weimar Culture, Causality and Quantum theory, 1917-1927<\/a> \u00bb, Hist. Stud. Phys. Sci.<\/em>, vol. 3, 1971, pp. 1-116.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Hendry, \u00ab Weimar Culture and Quantum Causality<\/a> \u00bb, History of Science<\/em>, vol. 18, 1980, pp. 155-180.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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