Laws of Nature

The book is concerned with the laws of nature and in particular with the laws of physics. The authors discuss three important questions: First, whether the observed regularities are based on strict "laws of nature" that hold rigorously and without any exception. Second, what we call a &quo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Mittelstaedt, Peter (Autor), Weingartner, Paul A. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Edición:1st ed. 2005.
Temas:
Science-Philosophy.
Engineering.
Life sciences.
Social sciences.
Humanities.
Science.
Mathematics.
Philosophy of Science.
Technology and Engineering.
Life Sciences.
Humanities and Social Sciences.
Physical Sciences.
Mathematics and Computing.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • What is a Law of Nature?
  • Are there Laws of Nature at All?
  • Can the Laws of Nature be Genuine Laws?
  • Are the Laws of Logic Laws of Nature?
  • Are the Laws of Mathematics Laws of Nature?
  • Properties of Laws
  • Does Every Law of Nature Express an Invariance (Symmetry)?
  • Is Every Law of Nature Spacetime Invariant?
  • Dynamical and Statistical Laws
  • Laws, Boundary Conditions, and Constants of Nature
  • Causality and Predictability
  • Laws and Objects
  • Completeness and Reliability
  • Why are Laws of Nature Valid?
  • Statistical Laws
  • Quantum Logic.

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