The Concept of Object as the Foundation of Physics
with forewords by C.W. Kilmister and H. Pierre Noyes
Published on 1. April 1996
Book
Hardback
118 pages
978-0-8204-2537-5 (ISBN)
Description
The concept of a classical object is analyzed and found to be deterministic. In order to remove inconsistencies, the object is taken as a classical random walk. Although such a definition leads to the theory of (special) relativity, it too is found to be inconsistent. Its resolution eventually leads first to the Schroedinger, and then to the Dirac equation. In the end it is found that the concept of the object itself, without interaction, cannot be the basic ontology of physics.
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The Author: Irving Stein did graduate work at Stanford University in theoretical physics. He did further graduate work in mathematics at the University of Oregon and in philosophy at San Francisco State University. He has taught at Wayne State University and at Merritt College in Oakland, California.