Ohm, Cavendish, Maxwell. Experimentation first, explained by maths later. How different would science be if this attitude had prevailed. Excellent paragraph on this problem:
"Others argue that Ohm was out of step with the philosophical tenor of his contemporaries. Ohm’s discovery came in the 1820s, while German culture was under the sway of the philosophies of Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831) who, like Descartes before them, championed the practice of deducing scientific truth through pure reason. Hegel, for instance, is said to have “proved” there could be only seven planets (although this story may be apocryphal [[xii]])."
Reason without experimentation (and faith) is unreasonable.
It's amazing how much he accomplished. But he didn't care about credit, so most of his work remained buried in his notebooks until Maxwell unearthed it. Makes you wonder how many other great discoveries are lying around, hidden in notebooks or obscure journals, without anyone realizing the significance.
…“a web of naked fantasies [...] the result of an incurable delusion, whose sole effort is to detract from the dignity of nature...” Lol
I still think it's clever they promoted Ohm's Law partly due to his name as the electrical hum of voltage running through a multimeter produces a tiny cosmic (Hindu) 'OM' or A-U-M; Ava Maria is also esoterically written AVM from ye olde days, the literal 'Spirit' aka the plasma or ether, pure potentiality.
Ohm's Law = the law of Om or AUM... someone was laughing, somewhere.
Ohm, Cavendish, Maxwell. Experimentation first, explained by maths later. How different would science be if this attitude had prevailed. Excellent paragraph on this problem:
"Others argue that Ohm was out of step with the philosophical tenor of his contemporaries. Ohm’s discovery came in the 1820s, while German culture was under the sway of the philosophies of Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831) who, like Descartes before them, championed the practice of deducing scientific truth through pure reason. Hegel, for instance, is said to have “proved” there could be only seven planets (although this story may be apocryphal [[xii]])."
Reason without experimentation (and faith) is unreasonable.
Interesting the notes about Henry Cavendish....
It's amazing how much he accomplished. But he didn't care about credit, so most of his work remained buried in his notebooks until Maxwell unearthed it. Makes you wonder how many other great discoveries are lying around, hidden in notebooks or obscure journals, without anyone realizing the significance.
…“a web of naked fantasies [...] the result of an incurable delusion, whose sole effort is to detract from the dignity of nature...” Lol
I still think it's clever they promoted Ohm's Law partly due to his name as the electrical hum of voltage running through a multimeter produces a tiny cosmic (Hindu) 'OM' or A-U-M; Ava Maria is also esoterically written AVM from ye olde days, the literal 'Spirit' aka the plasma or ether, pure potentiality.
Ohm's Law = the law of Om or AUM... someone was laughing, somewhere.
Wait until we discuss the name of the vector that points in the direction EM energy flows!
If you Poynt in the right direction, U mov(e)?
It's called the "Poynting Vector." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Henry_Poynting
Das rite, the Umov-Poynting vector... I guess I shouldn't try to be funny with physicists. :(
:)
An engrossing story. Perhaps most fascinating it the resistance encountered to experimental findings.
this is the old old story of how human progress has been hobbled for as long as there have been humans