The Genesis of Feynman Diagrams
In a detailed reconstruction of the genesis of Feynman diagrams the author reveals that their development was constantly driven by the attempt to resolve fundamental problems concerning the uninterpretable infinities that arose in quantum as well as class
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Archimedes NEW STUDIES IN THE HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY VOLUME 26
EDITOR J ED Z. B UCHWALD, Dreyfuss Professor of History, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS J EREMY G RAY, The Faculty of Mathematics and Computing, The Open University, Buckinghamshire, UK. S HARON K INGSLAND, Department of History of Science and Technology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
ADVISORY BOARD H ENK B OS, University of Utrecht M ORDECHAI F EINGOLD, California Institute of Technology A LLAN D. F RANKLIN, University of Colorado at Boulder KOSTAS G AVROGLU, National Technical University of Athens A NTHONY G RAFTON, Princeton University PAUL H OYNINGEN -H UENE, Leibniz Universität Hannover T REVOR L EVERE, University of Toronto J ESPER L ÜTZEN, Copenhagen University W ILLIAM N EWMAN, Indian University, Bloomington L AWRENCE P RINCIPE, The Johns Hopkins University J ÜRGEN R ENN, Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte A LEX ROLAND, Duke University A LAN S HAPIRO, University of Minnesota NANCY S IRAISI, Hunter College of the City University of New York M ICHAEL R. D IETRICH, Dartmouth College M ICHEL M ORANGE, IHPST, Paris H ANS -J ÖRG R HEINBERGER, Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte N OEL S WERDLOW, University of Chicago Archimedes has three fundamental goals; to further the integration of the histories of science and technology with one another: to investigate the technical, social and practical histories of specific developments in science and technology; and finally, where possible and desirable, to bring the histories of science and technology into closer contact with the philosophy of science. To these ends, each volume will have its own theme and title and will be planned by one or more members of the Advisory Board in consultation with the editor. Although the volumes have specific themes, the series itself will not be limited to one or even to a few particular areas. Its subjects include any of the sciences, ranging from biology through physics, all aspects of technology, broadly construed, as well as historically-engaged philosophy of science or technology. Taken as a whole, Archimedes will be of interest to historians, philosophers, and scientists, as well as to those in business and industry who seek to understand how science and industry have come to be so strongly linked For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/5644
Adrian Wüthrich
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Adrian Wüthrich University of Bern History and Philosophy of Science Exact Sciences Sidlerstrasse 5 3012 Bern Switzerland [email protected]
ISSN 1385-0180 ISBN 978-90-481-9227-4 e-ISBN 978-90-481-9228-1 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-9228-1 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010934119 c Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or ot
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