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Observational Foundations of Physics

By Sir Alan H. Cook

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1994
ISBN
0521455979, 9780521455978
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
1 MB (1293304 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
180\173
DPI
600
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2016-07-13 19:24:16

Description

This intriguing book examines the questions of how the ways in which we observe the world determine theories of physics and how we can get reliable results that enable us to make secure predictions. The first chapters deal with the theories of quantum mechanics and relativity and are followed by a discussion of chaotic dynamics. The uncertainty of observations and probabilistic agruments in physics are then treated. Finally, it is argued that the success of prediction is reason for believing in the existence of a world independent of ourselves.

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