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Einstein Thomas Ryckman (University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada) 9780415773270
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £23.81Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was the most influential physicist of the 20th century. Less well known is that fundamental philosophical problems, such as concept formation, the role of epistemology in... -
The Reign of Relativity: Philosophy in Physics 1915-1925 by Thomas Ryckman 9780195320183
RRP: £35.99Booksplease Price: £24.63Universally recognized as bringing about a revolutionary transformation of the notions of space, time, and motion in physics, Einstein's theory of gravitation, known as "general relativity," was also... -
The Reign of Relativity: Philosophy in Physics 1915-1925 by Thomas Ryckman 9780195177176
RRP: £107.50Booksplease Price: £80.91Einstein's theory of 'general relativity' (1915) was a defining event for 20th century philosophy of science. During the decisive first ten years of the theory's existence, two main ideas dominated... -
Philosophy of Mathematics and Natural Science by Hermann Weyl
RRP: £55.00Booksplease Price: £44.20When mathematician Hermann Weyl decided to write a book on philosophy, he faced what he referred to as "conflicts of conscience"--the objective nature of science, he felt, did not mesh easily with... -
Pauli's Exclusion Principle: The Origin and Validation of a Scientific Principle by Michela Massimi 9780521839112
RRP: £125.00Booksplease Price: £114.61There is hardly another principle in physics with wider scope of applicability and more far-reaching consequences than Pauli's exclusion principle. This book explores the principle's origin in the... -
Physics Avoidance: and Other Essays in Conceptual Strategy by Mark Wilson 9780192849359
Booksplease Price: £33.72Mark Wilson presents a series of explorations of our strategies for understanding the world. 'Physics avoidance' refers to the fact that we frequently cannot reason about nature in the...