From Quarks to Quasars

Philosophical Problems of Modern Physics

Buch | Softcover

412 Seiten

1986
University of Pittsburgh Press (Verlag)
978-0-8229-8494-8 (ISBN)

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In these essays, four philosophers and one physicist consider the interactions of mathematics and physics with logic and philosophy in the era of modern science.

In the history of science, only three hundred years separate the discoveries of Galileo and Albert Einstein. Recent science has brought us relativity theory, quantum mechanics, and elementary particle physics-in a radical and mercurial departure from earlier developments. In this collection of essays, four philosophers and one physicist consider the interactions of mathematics and physics with logic and philosophy in the rapidly changing environment of modern science.

Robert G. Colodny was professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh, and the editor of numerous books on philosophy of science including: The Nature and Function of Scientific Theories: Essays in Contemporary Science and Philosophy; Paradigms and P

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.1.1986
Verlagsort	Pittsburgh PA
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 230 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-8229-8494-6 / 0822984946
ISBN-13	978-0-8229-8494-8 / 9780822984948
Zustand	Neuware