Chance in Physics: Foundations and Perspectives: 574 (Lecture Notes in Physics, 574) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3540420568 ISBN 13: 9783540420569

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, 2001

Synopsis

This selection of reviews and papers is intended to stimulate renewed reflection on the fundamental and practical aspects of probability in physics. While putting emphasis on conceptual aspects in the foundations of statistical and quantum mechanics, the book deals with the philosophy of probability in its interrelation with mathematics and physics in general. Addressing graduate students and researchers in physics and mathematics together with philosophers of science, the contributions avoid cumbersome technicalities in order to make the book worthwhile reading for nonspecialists and specialists alike.

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This selection of reviews and papers is intended to stimulate renewed reflection on the fundamental and practical aspects of probability in physics. While putting emphasis on conceptual aspects in the foundations of statistical and quantum mechanics, the book deals with the philosophy of probability in its interrelation with mathematics and physics in general. Addressing graduate students and researchers in physics and mathematics togehter with philosophers of science, the contributions avoid cumbersome technicalities in order to make the book worthwhile reading for nonspecialists and specialists alike.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540420568
• ISBN 13: 9783540420569
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Bricmont J., Dürr D., Galavotti M.C., Ghirardi G., Petruccione F., Zanghi Nino