From Quarks to Quasars: Philosophical Problems of Modern PhysicsRobert G. Colodny In the history of science, only three hundred years separate the discoveries of Galileo and Albert Einstein. Recent science has brought us relativity theory, quantum mechanics, and elementary particle physics-in a radical and mercurial departure from earlier developments. In this collection of essays, four philosophers and one physicist consider the interactions of mathematics and physics with logic and philosophy in the rapidly changing environment of modern science. |
Contents
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A Theory with Applications to Relativity and Geometry | 71 |
Newtonian Gravi Limits and the Geometry of Space | 181 |
Quantum Mechanics and the Received View of Theories | 203 |
Do Quanta Need a New Logic? | 229 |
Fifty Years of Struggle | 349 |
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