The Analysis of Matter`The whole book is candid and stimulating and, for both its subject and its treatment, one of the best that Mr Russell has given us.' - The Times |
Contents
THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM | 1 |
PART I | 6 |
PRERELATIVITY PHYSICS | 13 |
ELECTRONS AND PROTONS | 24 |
THE THEORY OF QUANTA | 30 |
THE SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY | 48 |
THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY | 55 |
THE METHOD OF TENSORS | 63 |
DATA INFERENCES HYPOTHESES AND THEORIES | 187 |
THE CAUSAL THEORY OF PERCEPTION | 197 |
PERCEPTION AND OBJECTIVITY | 218 |
SUBSTANCE | 238 |
THE CONSTRUCTION OF POINTS | 290 |
SPACETIME ORDER | 303 |
CAUSAL LINES | 313 |
EXTRINSIC CAUSAL LAWS | 324 |
GEODESICS | 72 |
INVARIANTS AND THEIR PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION | 84 |
WEYLS THEORY | 95 |
THE PRINCIPLE OF DIFFERENTIAL LAWS | 101 |
MEASUREMENT | 109 |
MATTER AND SPACE | 121 |
THE ABSTRACTNESS OF PHYSICS 13 24 30 48 55 63 | 130 |
PHYSICS AND PERCEPTION | 137 |
FROM PRIMITIVE PERCEPTION TO COMMON SENSE | 141 |
FROM COMMON SENSE TO PHYSICS | 156 |
WHAT IS AN EMPIRICAL SCIENCE | 169 |
THE BELIEF IN GENERAL LAWS XVIII OUR KNOWLEDGE OF PARTICULAR MATTERS OF FACT | 178 |
PHYSICAL AND PERCEPTUAL SPACETIME | 333 |
PERIODICITY AND QUALITATIVE SERIES | 343 |
TYPES OF PHYSICAL OCCURRENCES | 355 |
CAUSALITY AND INTERVAL | 367 |
THE GENESIS OF SPACETIME | 376 |
PHYSICS AND NEUTRAL MONISM | 382 |
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION | 394 |
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