The Physicist's Conception of Nature
Title | The Physicist's Conception of Nature PDF eBook |
Author | Jagdish Mehra |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 853 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9401026025 |
The fundamental conceptions of twentieth-century physics have profoundly influenced almost every field of modern thought and activity. Quantum Theory, Relativity, and the modern ideas on the Structure of Matter have contributed to a deeper understand ing of Nature, and they will probably rank in history among the greatest intellectual achievements of all time. The purpose of our symposium was to review, in historical perspective, the current horizons of the major conceptual structures of the physics of this century. Professors Abdus Salam and Hendrik Casimir, in their remarks at the opening of the symposium, have referred to its origin and planning. Our original plan was to hold a two-week symposium on the different aspects of five principal themes: 1. Space, Time and Geometry (including the structure of the universe and the theory of gravita tion),2. Quantum Theory (including the development of quantum mechanics and quantum field theory), 3. Statistical Description of Nature (including the discussion of equilibrium and non-equilibrium phenomena, and the application of these ideas to the evolution of biological structure), 4. The Structure of Matter (including the discus sion, in a unified perspective, of atoms, molecules, nuclei, elementary particles, and the physics of condensed matter), and finally, 5. Physical Description and Epistemo logy (including the distinction between classical and quantum descriptions, and the epistemological and philosophical problems raised by them).
The Physicist's Conception of Nature
Title | The Physicist's Conception of Nature PDF eBook |
Author | Werner Heisenberg |
Publisher | New York : Harcourt, Brace |
Pages | 202 |
Release | 1958 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN |
The Physicist's Conception of Nature
Title | The Physicist's Conception of Nature PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Pages | 192 |
Release | 1958 |
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The Physicist's Conception of Nature
Title | The Physicist's Conception of Nature PDF eBook |
Author | Jagdish Mehra |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1973-12-01 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9789027703453 |
The fundamental conceptions of twentieth-century physics have profoundly influenced almost every field of modern thought and activity. Quantum Theory, Relativity, and the modern ideas on the Structure of Matter have contributed to a deeper understand ing of Nature, and they will probably rank in history among the greatest intellectual achievements of all time. The purpose of our symposium was to review, in historical perspective, the current horizons of the major conceptual structures of the physics of this century. Professors Abdus Salam and Hendrik Casimir, in their remarks at the opening of the symposium, have referred to its origin and planning. Our original plan was to hold a two-week symposium on the different aspects of five principal themes: 1. Space, Time and Geometry (including the structure of the universe and the theory of gravita tion),2. Quantum Theory (including the development of quantum mechanics and quantum field theory), 3. Statistical Description of Nature (including the discussion of equilibrium and non-equilibrium phenomena, and the application of these ideas to the evolution of biological structure), 4. The Structure of Matter (including the discus sion, in a unified perspective, of atoms, molecules, nuclei, elementary particles, and the physics of condensed matter), and finally, 5. Physical Description and Epistemo logy (including the distinction between classical and quantum descriptions, and the epistemological and philosophical problems raised by them).
The Physicist's Conception
Title | The Physicist's Conception PDF eBook |
Author | Italy (Trieste Symposium on the Development of the Physicist's Conception of Nature in the Twentieth Century (1972 : Miramare |
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Release | 1973 |
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The Physicists’ View of Nature, Part 1
Title | The Physicists’ View of Nature, Part 1 PDF eBook |
Author | Amit Goswami |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 372 |
Release | 2000-12-31 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780306464508 |
This book is designed as a textbook for students who need to fulfil their science requirements. Part I explores classical physics from its beginnings with Descartes, Galileo, Kepler, and Newton, to the relativity theories of Einstein. Special emphasis is given to the development of the objective, materialist, and deterministic worldview of classical physics. The influence of Newtonian physics on other fields of science and on society is emphasized. Finally, some of the problems with the worldview of classical physics are discussed and a preview of quantum physics is given.
The Physicist's Conception of Nature. Edited by Jagdish Mehra
Title | The Physicist's Conception of Nature. Edited by Jagdish Mehra PDF eBook |
Author | Symposium on the Development of the Physicist's Conception of Nature in the Twentieth Century, Miramare, Italy (Trieste), 1972 |
Publisher | |
Pages | 840 |
Release | 1973 |
Genre | Matter Constitution Congresses |
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