Observational Foundations of Physics

Name: Observational Foundations of Physics
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ISBN: 9780521455978

ISBN-10: 0521455979

ISBN-13: 9780521455978

Edition: 1994

Authors: Alan Cook

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The central models of theoretical physics have been extraordinarily successful in describing and predicting the behaviour of physical systems under an enormous range of conditions. But why are these mathematical theories so successful, and how is their structure influenced by the nature of the observations on which they are inevitably based? This intriguing book examines these subtle and fundamental issues, and concludes with the assertion that successful prediction provides compelling support for belief in a world independent of the observer. Dealing with important and basic aspects of the general framework of physics, this book will appeal to undergraduate and graduate students in the…

Book details

List price: $53.99
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/19/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 180
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.94" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface



Introduction



Standards of time and equations of motion



Observations at a distance: Special relativity



Microphysics: Relativistic quantum mechanics



Indeterminacy in theory and observation



Why does mathematical physics work?



Probable argument



Conclusion


Appendix


References