Inventing Reality
Physics as Language
Bruce Gregory(Author)
Wiley (Publisher)
Published on 1. October 1988
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-471-61388-6 (ISBN)
Description
This volume traces the history of the basic concepts in physics and the evolution of its language, showing that science is the imaginative creation of the inquisitive human mind. The author discusses the work of such scientists as Bohr, Einstein and Weinberg.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
482 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-61388-6 (9780471613886)
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Content
In the beginning was the word; the invaluable concept of force; the indispensible idea of fields; the ingenious notion of atoms; the unimaginable unity of spacetime; the imponderance nature of matter; the inexhaustible fecundity of space; the improbable prevalence of symmetry; W and Z fields; the ineffable colour of quarks; the unlimited imagination of physicists; the inscrutable essence of mathematics; the unspeakable power of language; the last word. Appendices: is there a fact in the matter?; Schroedinger's cat; the problem of measurement; language domains.