Foundations of Science: The Philosophy of Theory and Experiment. (Formerly Titled: Physics, the Elements).Dover Publications, 1957 - 565 sayfa A bridge between semipopular works for the general reader has technical treatises written for specialists, this excellent work discusses the foundation ideas and background of modern physics. It is not a text on theoretical physics, but a discussion of the methods of physical description and construction of theory. It is especially valuable for a physicist with a background in elementary calculus who is interested in the ideas which give meaning to the data and tools of modern physics. |
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PART I | 6 |
THE PROPOSITIONS OF SCIENCE | 13 |
THE SUBJECT MATTER OF SCIENCE | 15 |
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Foundations of Science: The Philosophy of Theory and Experiment. (Formerly ... Norman Robert Campbell Metin Parçacığı görünümü - 1957 |
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