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Dialogues on modern physics /

In this book, important conceptual developments of the two major revolutions of modern physics - the quantum and relativity theories - are presented in a nonmathematical, dialectical form of dialogue. The implications of conflicting philosophical attitudes of these revolutions in physics and applica...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sachs, Mendel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, ©1998.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • On quantum randomness
  • What is light?
  • Relativity and the twin paradox
  • On quantum fields, unified field theory and the meaning of science
  • Positivism, realism and holism in relativity and quantum physics
  • On cosmology: relativity versus quantum physics.
  • Mathematics to physics to philosophy
  • Search for truth in science: Einstein versus Bohr
  • Essay on dialogue.