
The New Background of Science
James Jeans(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 20. July 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
328 pages
978-1-108-00572-2 (ISBN)
Description
Published in 1934 as a second edition to James Jeans' popular work on the general understanding of the physical universe, The New Background of Science took advantage of a comparatively 'quiescent' period in physical investigation when fundamental theories and findings gained wide acceptance. Jeans' aim in writing this book was to depict this 'situation in broad outline and in the simplest possible terms. I have drawn my picture against a roughly sketched background of rudimentary philosophy... because I believe, in common with most scientific workers, that without a background of this kind we can neither see our fresh knowledge as a consistent whole, nor appreciate its significance to the full.'
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
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Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
464 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-00572-2 (9781108005722)
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James Jeans
The New Background of Science
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11/2008
Cambridge University Press
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Content
1. The approach to the external world; 2. The methods of science; 3. The framework of the external world: space and time; 4. Mechanism; 5. The texture of the external world: matter and radiation; 6. Wave-mechanics; 7. Indeterminacy; 8. Events.