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Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Major Texts in Physics

By Michael Drieschner (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Year
2014
ISBN
978-3-319-03667-0, 978-3-319-03668-7
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-03668-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3286410 bytes)
Series
SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice 22 Texts and Protocols
Edition
1
Pages
189\197
Topic
Physics
Time added
2014-11-10 20:00:00
Astrophysics and Cosmology; Quantum PhysicsHistory and Philosophical Foundations of Physics;

Description

This book presents a collection of texts by the German physicist and philosopher Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912-2007), for use in seminars on the history, epistemology and structure of physics. Most texts appear in English for the first time. Weizsäcker became famous through his works in physics, mainly in the early development of nuclear physics. Later he would also become well known as a philosopher and analyst of contemporary culture. Texts include the original publications of the “Weizsäcker-Bethe formula” of nuclear masses and the “Bethe-Weizsäcker cycle,” which explains the source of energy in the sun; both were developed by Bethe at the same time and independently of Weizsäcker. Further texts deal with Weizsäcker’s explanation of the origin of planets, his explanation of the “time arrow” in Statistical Mechanics and his analyses of Quantum Mechanics and the structure of physics in general.

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