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<br> A first-rate contribution to the history of nineteenth-century physics....Physicists need to read this book. --Foundations of Physics<br> An original, interesting, and substantial contribution to a central topic in philosophy of science, a topic that has important implications in many other philosophical fields. The book is skillfully and elegantly done: the writing is crisp, clear and well paced. --Jaegwon Kim, University of Michigan<br> The most significant addition to the literature on explanation since Hempel's Aspects of Scientific Explanation, and indeed in some ways even surpasses the latter in terms of its depth and imaginative vision. No discussion of explanation can with impunity overlook this book and the host of thought-provoking arguments contained in it. --British Journal for the Philosophy of Science<br> The most comprehensive approach to the theory of explanation that has been produced in recent years and perhaps will be produced for many years to come. --Internati

A first-rate contribution to the history of nineteenth-century physics....Physicists need to read this book. --Foundations of Physics<br> An original, interesting, and substantial contribution to a central topic in philosophy of science, a topic that has important implications in many other philosophical fields. The book is skillfully and elegantly done: the writing is crisp, clear and well paced. --Jaegwon Kim, University of Michigan<br> The most significant addition to the literature on explanation since Hempel's Aspects of Scientific Explanation, and indeed in some ways even surpasses the latter in terms of its depth and imaginative vision. No discussion of explanation can with impunity overlook this book and the host of thought-provoking arguments contained in it. --British Journal for the Philosophy of Science<br> The most comprehensive approach to the theory of explanation that has been produced in recent years and perhaps will be produced for many years to come. --International Studies in Philosophy<br>

"""A first-rate contribution to the history of nineteenth-century physics....Physicists need to read this book.""--Foundations of Physics ""An original, interesting, and substantial contribution to a central topic in philosophy of science, a topic that has important implications in many other philosophical fields. The book is skillfully and elegantly done: the writing is crisp, clear and well paced.""--Jaegwon Kim, University of Michigan ""The most significant addition to the literature on explanation since Hempel's Aspects of Scientific Explanation, and indeed in some ways even surpasses the latter in terms of its depth and imaginative vision. No discussion of explanation can with impunity overlook this book and the host of thought-provoking arguments contained in it.""--British Journal for the Philosophy of Science ""The most comprehensive approach to the theory of explanation that has been produced in recent years and perhaps will be produced for many years to come.""--International Studies in Philosophy ""A first-rate contribution to the history of nineteenth-century physics....Physicists need to read this book.""--Foundations of Physics ""An original, interesting, and substantial contribution to a central topic in philosophy of science, a topic that has important implications in many other philosophical fields. The book is skillfully and elegantly done: the writing is crisp, clear and well paced.""--Jaegwon Kim, University of Michigan ""The most significant addition to the literature on explanation since Hempel's Aspects of Scientific Explanation, and indeed in some ways even surpasses the latter in terms of its depth and imaginative vision. No discussion of explanation can with impunity overlook this book and the host of thought-provoking arguments contained in it.""--British Journal for the Philosophy of Science ""The most comprehensive approach to the theory of explanation that has been produced in recent years and perhaps will be produced for many years to come.""--International Studies in Philosophy"

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