Definition:Action at a Distance/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Action at a Distance
The phenomenon of action at a distance was at one time explained by the existence of aethers.
However, since the middle of the $18$th century, this was replaced by the concept of fields of forces permeating the physical universe.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): action at a distance
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): action at a distance