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Re: photelectricity, history, and PAC Learning



I haven't been following this thread, but if the interest has indeed
become what was the thinking like in the 19th century, the very best to
read is the works by Jed Z. Buchwald, the Director of the Dibner at
MIT. Read in particular The Creation of Scientific Effects.

cheers,

joe

On Wed, 8 Nov
2000, John Denker wrote:

There has been some discussion of whether it makes sense to analyze the
photoelectric effect from a "19th-century physics" point of view. This has
led to discussion of point such as
-- when was the cathode-ray e/m ratio first measured
-- when were work functions first measured
-- et cetera
This will at best lead far afield, and at worst will lead to quite a messy
morass, as discusses further below.