Philosophy of physics
and thermal physics - Covers the new sciences that have grown from these theories: for example, cosmology from relativity theory; and quantum information and quantum computing, from quantum theory - Contains special Chapters that address crucial topics that arise in several different theories, such...
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| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam
Elsevier/North-Holland
2007, 2007
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| Series: | Handbook of the philosophy of science
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| Collection: | Elsevier eBook collection Mathematics - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- 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)
- 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