Understanding Physics Today: A Physicist's Quest for an Intuitive Grasp of Atomic Existence - Softcover

Watson, W. H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521181267 ISBN 13: 9780521181266

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Within this 1963 text, Professor Watson writes as a physicist seeking to understand how it is that physics goes on at an ever increasing pace to reveal new structure in the world, matching the achievements in chemistry, biology and applied science, but exposing us to philosophical confusion about our pictures of microphysical phenomena and how we speak of them. Watson's basic quest was for an intuitive grasp of atomic existence. He discusses atomicity in relation to the physics of his day, showing how to disengage our thinking from habits associated with continuity, in order to put our philosophical difficulties behind us. Nearly half a century after the work's original publication, this paperback edition of Understanding Physics Today will provide readers with fresh opportunities to engage with this historically valuable text.

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Book Description

This 1963 text explores the philosophical confusion about our pictures of microphysical phenomena that the progression of physics exposes us to. Nearly half a century after the work's original publication, this paperback edition of Understanding Physics Today will provide readers with fresh opportunities to engage with this historically valuable text.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521181267
• ISBN 13: 9780521181266
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 234