Freudian psychology is another case which I think is interesting, in that it was pre-paradigmatic, and had both insights that have been incorporated into the mainstream (e.g., to analyze subconscious motivations) as well as some batshit insane stuff.
Now I see: my mathematician bias in action. For me maxwellian elctromagnetism means Maxwell (or Heaviside) equations. Of course, I have no idea about “physical interpretations” (either then or now). All physics I now come from “Physics for mathematicians” books.
Freudian psychology is another case which I think is interesting, in that it was pre-paradigmatic, and had both insights that have been incorporated into the mainstream (e.g., to analyze subconscious motivations) as well as some batshit insane stuff.
All the rest of the list is between “utterly wrong” and “quite controversial”, except for electromagnetism, that is “almost completely rigth”!
I don’t have a point I’m arriving at here, but here is a paragraph from a philosophy of science book I’m reading that might be interesting:
& in general the history of the theory of electromagnetism is fairly interesting.
Now I see: my mathematician bias in action. For me maxwellian elctromagnetism means Maxwell (or Heaviside) equations. Of course, I have no idea about “physical interpretations” (either then or now). All physics I now come from “Physics for mathematicians” books.