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Handbook of the philosophy of science. [2] Philosophy of physics / Pt. A

By Butterfield J. , Earman J. (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Elsevier
Year
2007
ISBN
0-444-51560-7, 0-444-53001-0, 0-444-53002-9, 86-5188-5199, 9780444515605, 9780444530011
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
7 MB (7412863 bytes)
Series
Handbook of the Philosophy of Science 02
Edition
1. ed
Pages
19\966
Library
kolxo3
Time added
2019-04-27 05:04:36
Physics -- Philosophy.;Physics -- Philosophy

Description

Content: General Preface (Dov Gabbay, Paul Thagard and John Woods) Introduction (Jeremy Butterfield and John Earman) List of Contributors On Symplectic Reduction in Classical Mechanics (Jeremy Butterfield) The Representation of Time and Change in Mechanics (Gordon Belot) Classical Relativity Theory (David Malament) Non-Relativisitic Quantum Theory (Michael Dickson) Between Classical and Quantum (N.P. Landsman) Quantum Information and Computing (Jeffrey Bub) The Conceptual Basis of Quantum Field Theory (Gerard 't Hooft) Algebraic Quantum Field Theory (Hans Halvorson (with an Appendix by Michael Muger) Issues in the Foundations of Classical Statistical Physics (Jos Uffink) Quantum Statistical Physics (Gerard Emch) Issues in the Philosophy of Cosmology (George F.R. Ellis) Quantum Gravity (Carlo Rovelli) Symmetrics and Invariances in Classical Physics (Katherine Brading and Elena Castellani) Aspects of Determinism in Modern Physics (John Earman) Index

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