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The Tiger and the Shark: Empirical Roots of Wave-Particle Dualism - Softcover

Wheaton, Bruce R.

 
9780521358927: The Tiger and the Shark: Empirical Roots of Wave-Particle Dualism

Synopsis

The early 20th century brought about the rejection by physicists of the doctrine of determinism - the belief that complete knowledge of the initial conditions of an interaction in nature allows precise and unambiguous prediction of the outcome. This book traces the origins of a central problem leading to this change in viewpoint.

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This study grew out of concerns first raised while I was a student of physics. This inadequacy of most textbook discussions of historical and epistemological issues led me back to original papers and then to the literature on history of science.

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