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Heisenberg’s 1958 Weltformel and the Roots of Post-Empirical Physics

By Alexander S. Blum

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Year
2019
ISBN
978-3-030-20644-4;978-3-030-20645-1
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1104264 bytes)
Series
SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology
Edition
1st ed.
Pages
VII, 66\73
Time added
2019-09-18 12:19:21
Mathematical and Computational PhysicsPhysics; History and Philosophical Foundations ofQuantum Field Theory; Theoretical

Description

This book presents the first detailed account of Werner Heisenberg’s failed attempt to find a theory of everything in the autumn of his career. It further investigates what we can learn from his failure in relation to the search for a final theory of physics, an endeavour that continues to define research in fundamental physics to this day. Thereby it provides the first historically informed contribution to the current debate on post-empirical physics and the state of particle physics. Front Matter ....Pages i-vii Introduction (Alexander S. Blum)....Pages 1-4 The Origins of Heisenberg’s Program (Alexander S. Blum)....Pages 5-22 Heisenberg Triumphant (Alexander S. Blum)....Pages 23-42 Reception and Rejection (Alexander S. Blum)....Pages 43-58 Conclusions (Alexander S. Blum)....Pages 59-62 Back Matter ....Pages 63-66

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