The Physicists Conception Of Nature Edited By Jagdish Mehra
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Author | : Jagdish Mehra |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 853 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9401026025 |
The fundamental conceptions of twentieth-century physics have profoundly influenced almost every field of modern thought and activity. Quantum Theory, Relativity, and the modern ideas on the Structure of Matter have contributed to a deeper understand ing of Nature, and they will probably rank in history among the greatest intellectual achievements of all time. The purpose of our symposium was to review, in historical perspective, the current horizons of the major conceptual structures of the physics of this century. Professors Abdus Salam and Hendrik Casimir, in their remarks at the opening of the symposium, have referred to its origin and planning. Our original plan was to hold a two-week symposium on the different aspects of five principal themes: 1. Space, Time and Geometry (including the structure of the universe and the theory of gravita tion),2. Quantum Theory (including the development of quantum mechanics and quantum field theory), 3. Statistical Description of Nature (including the discussion of equilibrium and non-equilibrium phenomena, and the application of these ideas to the evolution of biological structure), 4. The Structure of Matter (including the discus sion, in a unified perspective, of atoms, molecules, nuclei, elementary particles, and the physics of condensed matter), and finally, 5. Physical Description and Epistemo logy (including the distinction between classical and quantum descriptions, and the epistemological and philosophical problems raised by them).
Author | : Symposium on the Development of the Physicist's Conception of Nature in the Twentieth Century, Miramare, Italy (Trieste), 1972 |
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Total Pages | : 840 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Matter Constitution Congresses |
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Author | : Jagdish Mehra |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1973-12-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9789027703453 |
The fundamental conceptions of twentieth-century physics have profoundly influenced almost every field of modern thought and activity. Quantum Theory, Relativity, and the modern ideas on the Structure of Matter have contributed to a deeper understand ing of Nature, and they will probably rank in history among the greatest intellectual achievements of all time. The purpose of our symposium was to review, in historical perspective, the current horizons of the major conceptual structures of the physics of this century. Professors Abdus Salam and Hendrik Casimir, in their remarks at the opening of the symposium, have referred to its origin and planning. Our original plan was to hold a two-week symposium on the different aspects of five principal themes: 1. Space, Time and Geometry (including the structure of the universe and the theory of gravita tion),2. Quantum Theory (including the development of quantum mechanics and quantum field theory), 3. Statistical Description of Nature (including the discussion of equilibrium and non-equilibrium phenomena, and the application of these ideas to the evolution of biological structure), 4. The Structure of Matter (including the discus sion, in a unified perspective, of atoms, molecules, nuclei, elementary particles, and the physics of condensed matter), and finally, 5. Physical Description and Epistemo logy (including the distinction between classical and quantum descriptions, and the epistemological and philosophical problems raised by them).
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Author | : Werner Heisenberg |
Publisher | : New York : Harcourt, Brace |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 1958 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780837131078 |
Author | : Italy (Trieste Symposium on the Development of the Physicist's Conception of Nature in the Twentieth Century (1972 : Miramare |
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Release | : 1973 |
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Author | : Symposium on the Development of the Physicist's Conception of Nature in the 20. Century |
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Total Pages | : 839 |
Release | : 1973 |
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Author | : Jagdish Mehra |
Publisher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9810239130 |
Albert Einstein was one of the principal founders of the quantum and relativity theories. Until 1925, when Bose-Einstein statistics was discovered, he made great contributions to the foundations of quantum theory. However, after the discovery of quantum mechanics by Heisenberg and wave mechanics by Schrodinger, with the consequent development of the principles of uncertainty and complementarity, it would seem that Einstein's views completely changed. In his theory of the Brownian motion, Einstein had invoked the theory of probability to establish the reality of atoms and molecules; but, in 1916-17, when he wished to predict the exact instant when an atom would radiate -- and developed his theory of the A and B coefficients -- "a statistical residue remained," which he did not quite have the courage of his convictions to accept, as he told his friend Max Born. However, he wrote later to Born that quantum mechanics "is certainly imposing," but "an inner voice tells me that it is not the real thing ... It does,not bring us closer to the secret of the 'Old One'. I, at any rate, am convinced that He is not playing at dice." At the 1927 and 1930 Solvay Conferences on Physics in Brussels, Einstein engaged in profound discussions with Niels Bohr and others about his conviction regarding classical determinism versus the statistical causality of quantum mechanics. To the end of his life he retained his belief in a deterministic philosophy. This highly interesting book explores Einstein's views on the nature and structure of physics and reality.
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Total Pages | : 839 |
Release | : 1973 |
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Author | : Jagdish Mehra |
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Total Pages | : 839 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Astrophysics |
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