Forces and Fields
The Concept of Action at a Distance in the History of Physics
Will be published approx. on 29. July 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-486-44240-2 (ISBN)
Description
This in-depth look at the science of ancient Greece examines the influence of antique philosophy on 17th-century thought, plus modern concepts: quantum mechanics, wave-particle duality, the uncertainty principle. 1961 edition.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
366 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-486-44240-2 (9780486442402)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
I. The Logical Status of Theories
II. The Primitive Analogies.
III. Mechanism in Greek Science
IV. The Greek Inheritance
V. The Corpuscular Philosophy
VI. The Theory of Gravitation
VII. Action at a Distance
VIII. The Field Theories
IX. The Theory of Relativity
X. Modern Physics
XI. The Metaphysical Framework of Physics
Appendixes
Bibliography
Indexes