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- catalog abstract ""Roberto Torretti has written a study of the philosophy of physics that both introduces the subject to the nonspecialist and contains many original and important contributions for professionals in the area. Unlike other fields of endeavor such as art, religion, or politics, all of which preceded philosophical reflection and may well outlive it, modern physics was born as a part of philosophy and has retained to this day a properly philosophical concern for the clarity and coherence of ideas. Any introduction to the philosophy of physics must therefore focus on the conceptual development of physics itself. This book pursues that development from Galileo and Newton through Maxwell and Boltzmann to Einstein and the founders of quantum mechanics."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11360981.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""Roberto Torretti has written a study of the philosophy of physics that both introduces the subject to the nonspecialist and contains many original and important contributions for professionals in the area. Unlike other fields of endeavor such as art, religion, or politics, all of which preceded philosophical reflection and may well outlive it, modern physics was born as a part of philosophy and has retained to this day a properly philosophical concern for the clarity and coherence of ideas. Any introduction to the philosophy of physics must therefore focus on the conceptual development of physics itself. This book pursues that development from Galileo and Newton through Maxwell and Boltzmann to Einstein and the founders of quantum mechanics."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 458-491) and index.".
- catalog description "The transformation of natural philosophy in the seventeenth century -- Newton -- Kant -- The rich nineteenth century -- Relativity -- Quantum mechanics -- Perspectives and reflections.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 512 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521562597".
- catalog identifier "0521565715 (pbk.)".
- catalog isPartOf "The evolution of modern philosophy".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog subject "530/.01 21".
- catalog subject "Physics Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "QC6 .T656 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "The transformation of natural philosophy in the seventeenth century -- Newton -- Kant -- The rich nineteenth century -- Relativity -- Quantum mechanics -- Perspectives and reflections.".
- catalog title "The philosophy of physics / Roberto Torretti.".
- catalog type "text".