From Quarks to Quasars: Philosophical Problems of Modern Physics (PITTSBURGH SERIES IN PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY OF SCIENCE) - Hardcover

9780822935155: From Quarks to Quasars: Philosophical Problems of Modern Physics (PITTSBURGH SERIES IN PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY OF SCIENCE)

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ISBN 10: 0822935155 ISBN 13: 9780822935155

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1986

In the history of science, only three hundred years separate the discoveries of Galileo and Albert Einstein. Recent science has brought us relativity theory, quantum mechanics, and elementary particle physics-in a radical and mercurial departure from earlier developments. In this collection of essays, four philosophers and one physicist consider the interactions of mathematics and physics with logic and philosophy in the rapidly changing environment of modern science.

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About the Author

Robert G. Colodny was professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh, and the editor of numerous books on philosophy of science including: The Nature and Function of Scientific Theories: Essays in Contemporary Science and Philosophy; Paradigms and Paradoxes: The Philosophical Challenges of the Quantum Domain; and Mind and Cosmos: Essays in Contemporary Science and Philosophy.

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