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Among the widely agreed facts of physics in the late nineteenth century was the existence of luminiferous ether: the medium through which light was thought to travel. Theorised to be a highly rarefied substance, the ether accounted for the movement of light, gravity and even heat across a vacuum. It also had great implications for spiritualism. Where thought was not proven to be a result of chemistry in the brain, the presence of ether allowed for the idea that cognition and emotion might exist independently of a physical body. First published in 1925, this monograph by the eminent physicist and ether advocate Sir Oliver Lodge (1851–1940) was written for the non-scientific reader. With a focus on straightforward explanations rather than mathematical theory, his book still represents a fascinating introduction to the topic today.

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Physics Applied physics

• Full title: Ether and Reality
• Subtitle: A Series of Discourses on the Many Functions of the Ether of Space
• Author: Oliver Lodge
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 182
• EAN: 9781108052665
• ISBN: 1108052665
• ID: 02058543
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 240 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 11 mm
• Date of publishing: 09. August 2012

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