Data · dataset · 2013
Interactive animation of Descartes Refraction
Listed in DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities
This visualization shows how René Descartes explained the refraction of light in terms of his mechanistic philosophy (cfr. 'Les Météores' in Discours de la Méthode, 1637).
Description
Colour corresponds to the rotational velocity of a particle, and can be altered at the interface of two mediums. Though succesful as basis for his treatment of the appearence of the rainbow, Descartes' refraction model soon was famously questioned by Isaac Newton's prism experiment or 'experimentum crucis'.
Links
Where it is published
- Dataverse dataset page ssh.datastations.nl/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi%3A10.17026%2FDANS-ZBY-K8CZ ↗
landing page · from ssh datastations nl
- DOI doi.org/10.17026/dans-zby-k8cz ↗
DOI / persistent id · from ssh datastations nl
Catalogue records · 1
- Dataverse API ssh.datastations.nl/api/datasets/:persistentId/?persistentId=doi%3A10.17026%2FDANS… ↗
metadata API · from ssh datastations nl
Topics
- Stated by source
- Arts and Humanities
- From keywords
- Humanities · Physics · Social Science
- Inferred from text
- Classical physics 72%
Provenance · 1 source records, 11 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities | doi:10.17026/DANS-ZBY-K8CZ | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:5103 | enrichment · ssh datastations nl | taxonomy-embedding@1.0.0 | title+keywords+description (72%) |
| concepts[field].dataverse_subject:arts-and-humanities | source · ssh datastations nl | connector:ssh_datastations_nl@1.0.0 | /subjects |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · ssh datastations nl | connector:ssh_datastations_nl@1.0.0 | /subjects |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · ssh datastations nl | connector:ssh_datastations_nl@1.0.0 | /subjects |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · ssh datastations nl | connector:ssh_datastations_nl@1.0.0 | /subjects |
| created_date | source · ssh datastations nl | connector:ssh_datastations_nl@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · ssh datastations nl | connector:ssh_datastations_nl@1.0.0 | /description |
| publication_date | source · ssh datastations nl | connector:ssh_datastations_nl@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · ssh datastations nl | connector:ssh_datastations_nl@1.0.0 | /name |
| updated_date | source · ssh datastations nl | connector:ssh_datastations_nl@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · ssh datastations nl | connector:ssh_datastations_nl@1.0.0 |