Physics & philosophy : the revolution in modern science / Werner Heisenberg.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: 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
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Physics & philosophy.DDC classification:
  • ARCH YNDC 530.1 H473P  H473p, 1962
LOC classification:
  • QC6 .H34 1962
NLM classification:
  • 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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