Paul Ehrenfest and Jan Tinbergen
A Case of Limited Physics Transfer
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4866840 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marcel Boumans (0000-0002-8717-8148, Utrecht University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | suppl_1 |
| Pages | 131-156 |
| Publication date | 1993-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History of Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2702 • E-ISSN: 1527-1919 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00182702-1993-suppl_1019 |
| OpenAlex | W2245150704 |
| Language | DE |
| Citations received | 5 |
A case of physics transfer in which two physicists, Jan Tinbergen and Paul Ehrenfest, got interested in economics and tried to use their background in physics to comprehend it. It was, however, not the energy metaphor that guided them, but an analogy in formalism
Analogy · Epistemology · Formalism (music · Literature · Metaphor · Physics · Theoretical physics · Global Energy and Sustainability Research · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.19 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1999 - 2025 (27) |
| Highly cited | No |