Heisenberg’s 1958 Weltformel and the Roots of Post-Empirical Physics

Alexander S. Blum (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

VII, 66 Seiten

2019 | 1st ed. 2019
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-20644-4 (ISBN)

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This book presents the first detailed account of Werner Heisenberg's failed attempt to find a theory of everything in the autumn of his career. It further investigates what we can learn from his failure in relation to the search for a final theory of physics, an endeavour that continues to define research in fundamental physics to this day. Thereby it provides the first historically informed contribution to the current debate on post-empirical physics and the state of particle physics.

Alexander S. Blum received a PhD in theoretical particle physics from the University of Heidelberg in 2009. He then moved to the history of science, joining the Max Planck Institute in Berlin in 2010. In 2018 he started his own Max Planck Research Group, entitled "Historical Epistemology of the Final Theory Program."

Introduction.- The origins of Heisenberg's program.- Heisenberg Triumphant.- Reception and Rejection.- Conclusions.

Erscheinungsdatum	25.05.2019
Reihe/Serie	SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology
Zusatzinfo	VII, 66 p. 5 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	130 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Schlagworte	failure in science • German Physics after World War II • Heisenberg and Pauli • History of physics • History of Quantum Field Theory • Non-Empirical Theory Assessment • Non-linear spinor theory • Particle and Quantum Physics • Philosophy of Physics • Post-Empirical Physics • Theory of everything • Unified Field Theory • Weltformel Heisenberg • World Formula
ISBN-10	3-030-20644-0 / 3030206440
ISBN-13	978-3-030-20644-4 / 9783030206444
Zustand	Neuware