文档介绍：Thought Experiments in
Methodological and Historical Contexts
History of Science
and Medicine Library
VOLUME 19
Medieval and
Early Modern Science
Editors
. Thijssen, Radboud University Nijmegen
. Lüthy, Radboud University Nijmegen
Editorial Consultants
Joël Biard, University of Tours
Simo Knuuttila, University of Helsinki
Jürgen Renn, Max-Planck-Institute for the History of Science
Theo Verbeek,UniversityofUtrecht
VOLUME 15
Thought Experiments
in Methodological and
Historical Contexts
Edited by
Katerina Ierodiakonou
Sophie Roux
LEIDEN • BOSTON
2011
Cover illustration: Camille Flammarion, L’atmosphère: météorologie populaire (1888).
Anonymous woodcut. Colorization by Frédéric Schmitt.
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Thought experiments in methodological and historical contexts / edited by Katerina
Ierodiakonou, Sophie Roux.
p. cm. –(History of science and medicine library, ISSN 1872-0684 ; v. 19) (Medieval and
early modern science ; v. 15)
"This book is the distant e of a workshop on thought experiments that took place in
Athens in April 2007"–Acknowledgements.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-90-04-20176-7 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. Thought experiments–History–Congresses. I. Ierodiakonou, Katerina. II. Roux, Sophie.
III. Title. IV. Series.
2011
190–dc22
2011011640
ISSN 1872-0684
ISBN 978 90 04 20176 7
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