Atomic Physics and Human Knowledge

Atomic Physics and Human Knowledge
Author: Niels Bohr
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2010-11-18
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0486479285

"This Dover edition, first published in 2010, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published in 1961 by Science Editions, Inc., New York"--Prelim.

Atomic Theory and the Description of Nature

Atomic Theory and the Description of Nature
Author: Niels Bohr
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2011-06-16
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1107628059

Niels Bohr (1885-1962) was a Danish physicist who played a key role in the development of atomic theory and quantum mechanics, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1922. Originally written for various journals during the 1920s, these articles investigate the epistemological significance of discoveries in quantum physics.

Atomic Physics and Human Knowledge

Atomic Physics and Human Knowledge
Author: Niels Bohr
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2017-01-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1787208931

This collection of articles, which were first published in 1958 and written on various occasions between 1932 and 1957, forms a sequel to Danish physician Niels Bohr’s earlier essays in Atomic Theory and the Description of Nature (1934). “The theme of the papers is the epistemological lesson which the modern development of atomic physics has given us and its relevance for analysis and synthesis in many fields of human knowledge. “The articles in the previous edition were written at a time when the establishment of the mathematical methods of quantum mechanics had created a firm foundation for the consistent treatment of atomic phenomena, and the conditions for an unambiguous account of experience within this framework were characterized by the notion of complementarity. In the papers collected here, this approach is further developed in logical formulation and given broader application.”

Atom and Void

Atom and Void
Author: J. Robert Oppenheimer
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2014-07-14
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1400860288

J. Robert Oppenheimer was one of the outstanding physicists of his generation. He was also an immensely gifted writer and speaker, who thought deeply about the way that scientific discoveries have changed the way people live and think. Displaying his subtlety of thought and expression as do few other documents, this book of his lectures discusses the moral and cultural implications of developments in modern physics. Originally published in 1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Atomic Physics

Atomic Physics
Author: Max Born
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 546
Release: 1989-06-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0486659844

Nobel Laureate's lucid treatment of kinetic theory of gases, elementary particles, nuclear atom, wave-corpuscles, atomic structure and spectral lines, much more. Over 40 appendices, bibliography.

Quantum Reality

Quantum Reality
Author: Nick Herbert
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2011-09-21
Genre: Science
ISBN: 030780674X

This clearly explained layman's introduction to quantum physics is an accessible excursion into metaphysics and the meaning of reality. Herbert exposes the quantum world and the scientific and philosophical controversy about its interpretation.

Physics of the Future

Physics of the Future
Author: Michio Kaku
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 456
Release: 2011-03-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0385530811

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The renowned theoretical physicist and national bestselling author of The God Equation details the developments in computer technology, artificial intelligence, medicine, space travel, and more, that are poised to happen over the next century. “Mind-bending…. [An] alternately fascinating and frightening book.” —San Francisco Chronicle Space elevators. Internet-enabled contact lenses. Cars that fly by floating on magnetic fields. This is the stuff of science fiction—it’s also daily life in the year 2100. Renowned theoretical physicist Michio Kaku considers how these inventions will affect the world economy, addressing the key questions: Who will have jobs? Which nations will prosper? Kaku interviews three hundred of the world’s top scientists—working in their labs on astonishing prototypes. He also takes into account the rigorous scientific principles that regulate how quickly, how safely, and how far technologies can advance. In Physics of the Future, Kaku forecasts a century of earthshaking advances in technology that could make even the last centuries’ leaps and bounds seem insignificant.

A Companion to the Philosophy of Science

A Companion to the Philosophy of Science
Author: W. H. Newton-Smith
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Total Pages: 596
Release: 2001-10-08
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780631230205

Unmatched in the quality of its world-renowned contributors, this companion serves as both a course text and a reference book across the broad spectrum of issues of concern to the philosophy of science.