Concepts of Force: Study in the Foundations of Dynamics - Hardcover

Jammer, Max

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674157508 ISBN 13: 9780674157507

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1957

Synopsis

Both historical treatment and critical analysis, this work by a noted physicist takes a fascinating look at a fundamental of physics, tracing its development from ancient to modern times. Kepler' s initiation of scientific conceptualization, Newton' s definition, post-Newtonian reinterpretation-- contrasting concepts of Leibniz, Boscovich, Kant with those of Mach, Kirchhoff, Hertz. In-depth analysis of contemporary trend toward eliminating force from conceptual scheme of physics. "An excellent presentation"-- "Science," 1962 edition.

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About the Author

Max Jammer is Professor of Physics Emeritus and former Rector at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. He is the author of a number of treatises on the foundations of physics, including "Concepts of Space," which contains a preface by Albert Einstein, and "The Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics," which was read in draft by Paul Dirac and Werner Heisenberg. For his publications, most of which have been translated into several languages, Jammer has received numerous awards, among them the prestigious Monograph Prize of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In writing "Einstein and Religion," Jammer used as his sources the Einstein Archive at the National and University Library in Jerusalem and the library of the Union Theological Seminary in New York.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1957
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674157508
• ISBN 13: 9780674157507
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 278