[PDF] Physical Theory eBook

Author : Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 21,72 MB
Release : 2021-08-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 0691233853

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This classic work in the philosophy of physical science is an incisive and readable account of the scientific method. Pierre Duhem was one of the great figures in French science, a devoted teacher, and a distinguished scholar of the history and philosophy of science. This book represents his most mature thought on a wide range of topics.

Author : William Demopoulos
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 26,30 MB
Release : 2006-11-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 1402048769

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The essays in this volume were written by leading researchers on classical mechanics, statistical mechanics, quantum theory, and relativity. They detail central topics in the foundations of physics, including the role of symmetry principles in classical and quantum physics, Einstein's hole argument in general relativity, quantum mechanics and special relativity, quantum correlations, quantum logic, and quantum probability and information.

Author : M. Bunge
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 33,82 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9401025223

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This book deals with some of the current issues in the philosophy, methodology and foundations of physics. Some such problems are: - Do mathematical formalisms interpret themselves or is it necessary to adjoin them interpretation assumptions, and if so how are these as sumptions to be framed? - What are physical theories about: physical systems or laboratory operations or both or neither? - How are the basic concepts of a theory to be introduced: by ref erence to measurements or by explicit definition or axiomatically? - What is the use ofaxiomatics in physics? - How are the various physical theories inter-related: like Chinese boxes or in more complex ways? - What is the role of analogy in the construction and in the inter pretation of physical theories? In particular, are classical analogues like those of particle and wave indispensable in quantum theories? - What is the role of the apparatus in quantum phenomena and what is the place of measurement theory in quantum mechanics? - How does a theory face experiment: single-handed or with the help of further theories? These and several other questions of the kind are met with by the research physicist, the physics teacher and the physics student in their everyday work. If dodged they will recur. And a wrong answer to them may obscure the understanding of what has been achieved and may even hamper further advancement. Philosophy, methodology and foundations, like rose bushes, are enjoyable when cultivated but become ugly and thorny when neglected.

Author : Werner Heisenberg
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 50,89 MB
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 0486318419

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Nobel Laureate discusses quantum theory, uncertainty, wave mechanics, work of Dirac, Schroedinger, Compton, Einstein, others. "An authoritative statement of Heisenberg's views on this aspect of the quantum theory." — Nature.

Author : Pyotr Ya. Ufimtsev
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 33,77 MB
Release : 2007-02-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 0470109009

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This book is the first complete and comprehensive description of the modern Physical Theory of Diffraction (PTD) based on the concept of elementary edge waves (EEWs). The theory is demonstrated with the example of the diffraction of acoustic and electromagnetic waves at perfectly reflecting objects. The derived analytic expressions clearly explain the physical structure of the scattered field and describe in detail all of the reflected and diffracted rays and beams, as well as the fields in the vicinity of caustics and foci. Shadow radiation, a new fundamental component of the field, is introduced and proven to contain half of the total scattered power.

Author : Herbert S. Green
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,73 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 364257162X

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In this highly readable book, H.S. Green, a former student of Max Born and well known as an author in physics and in the philosophy of science, presents a timely analysis of theoretical physics and related fundamental problems.

Author : Ernst A. Guillemin
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 19,25 MB
Release : 2013-05-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 0486316432

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An eminent electrical engineer presents this advanced treatise, which approaches the subject from the viewpoint of classical dynamics and covers Fourier methods. Suitable for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students. 1963 edition.

Author : Max Planck
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 49,91 MB
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0486678679

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In this classic of scientific literature, the Nobel Laureate and creator of the quantum revolution explores the basics of physics, concluding with an engrossing narrative of how he developed quantum theory. 1925 edition.