Physics & philosophy : the revolution in modern science / Werner Heisenberg.
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TextSeries: Harper torchbooks : the science library ; TB549.Publication details: New York : Harper & Row , Publishers, c 1958Edition: [First Harper Torchbook edition]Description: 213 pages ; 21 cmOther title: - Physics and philosophy
- ARCH YNDC 530.1 H473P H473p, 1962
- QC6 .H34 1962
- QC6
Contents:
Introduction / F.S.C. Northrop -- 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 -- Epilogue -- what world perspectives means / Ruth Nanda Anshen.
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Introduction / F.S.C. Northrop -- 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 -- Epilogue -- what world perspectives means / Ruth Nanda Anshen.
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