Physics and philosophy : the revolution in modern science /
The seminal work by one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century, Physics and Philosophy is Werner Heisenberg's concise and accessible narrative of the revolution in modern physics, in which he played a towering role. A brilliant scientist whose ideas altered our perception of th...
| Основен автор: | Heisenberg, Werner, 1901-1976. |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
Harper,
c1958.
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| Издание: | 1st ed. |
| Серия: |
World perspectives ;
v. 19. |
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Съдържание:
- An old and a new tradition
- The history of quantum theory
- The Copenhagen interpretation of quantum theory
- Quantum theory and the roots of atomic science
- The development of philosophical ideas since Descartes in comparison with the new situation in quantum theory
- The relation of quantum theory to other parts of natural science
- The theory of relativity
- Criticism and counterproposals to the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum theory
- Quantum theory and the structure of matter
- Language and reality in modern physics
- The role of modern physics in the present development of human thinking.