The theoretical practices of physics: philosophical essays
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1. Verfasser: Hughes, R. I. G. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2010
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Criticism, logical empiricism, and the general theory of relativity -- Theoretical practice : the Bohm-Pines Quartet -- Laws of physics, the representational account of theories, and Newton's Principia -- Modelling, the Brownian motion, and the disunities of physics -- Models and representation -- The Ising model, computer simulation, and universal physics -- Theoretical explanation -- The discourse of physics exemplified by the Aharonov-Bohm effect
R.I.G. Hughes explores the theoretical practices that scientists use in doing physics. He offers a critical examination of accounts that notable physicists give of their practices, and investigates the roles of laws, disunities, models and representation, and computer simulation
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (278 p.)
ISBN:0191572896
019954610X
9780191572890
9780199546107

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