How do major scientific discoveries reshape their originators?, and our own, sense of reality and concept of the physical world? The Scientist as Philosopher explores the interaction between physics and philosophy. Clearly written and well illustrated, the book first places the scientist-philosophers in the limelight as we learn how their great scientific discoveries forced them to reconsider the time-honored notions with which science had described the natural world. Then, the book explains that what we understand by nature and science have undergone fundamental conceptual changes as a result of the discoveries of electromagnetism, thermodynamics and atomic structure. Even more dramatically, the quantum theory and special theory of relativity questioned traditional assumptions about causation and the passage of time. The author concludes that the dance between science and philosophy is an evolutionary process, which will keep them forever entwined.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg Gmbh & Co. Kg
ISBN-13
9783540205807
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96274462
Product Key Features
Author
Friedel Weinert
Publication Name
The Scientist As Philosopher: Philosophical Consequences of Great Scientific Discoveries
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Science
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
344 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Item Weight
1500g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Friedel Weinert
Country/Region of Manufacture
Germany
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