Category: History Philosophy

By Konrad Raiser

This ebook provides a suite of texts by way of the German physicist and thinker Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912-2007) in English, to be used in seminars at the philosophy of faith, the comparative research of faith, yet besides at the dating among faith and the medical worldview. so much texts look in English for the 1st time. Weizsäcker grew to become recognized via his works in physics, as a rule within the early improvement of nuclear physics. Later he may additionally develop into renowned as a thinker and analyst of latest tradition. He additionally labored very intensely on initiatives for the prevention of nuclear battle and for peace in general.

By Gerald M. Edelman

Burgeoning developments in mind technological know-how are establishing up new views on how we gather wisdom. certainly, it really is now attainable to discover consciousness—the very heart of human concern—by clinical capability. during this illuminating e-book, Dr. Gerald M. Edelman deals a brand new idea of data in accordance with amazing medical findings approximately how the mind works. And he addresses the similar compelling query: Does the newest examine suggest that each one wisdom may be decreased to clinical description?Edelman’s brain-based method of wisdom has wealthy implications for our figuring out of creativity, of the traditional and irregular functioning of the mind, and of the connections one of the alternative ways now we have of understanding. whereas the gulf among technological know-how and the arts and their respective perspectives of the area has appeared huge, immense long ago, the writer indicates that their changes should be dissolved via contemplating their origins in mind services. He foresees an afternoon while brain-based units may be wide awake, and he displays in this and different interesting principles approximately how we come to understand the area and ourselves.

By Joella G. Yoder

This example learn examines the interrelationship among arithmetic and physics within the paintings of 1 of the most important figures of the clinical Revolution, the Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer, Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695). Professor Yoder deals an in depth account of the discoveries that Huygens made on the finish of 1659, together with the discovery of a pendulum clock that theoretically saved totally uniform time, and the construction of a mathematical thought of evolutes. She additionally describes the best way that every of those vital discoveries arose from the interplay of Huygens' arithmetic and physics. A dialogue of Huygens' courting with different scientists and the concern disputes that typically encouraged his examine aid position his paintings within the context of the interval. The reception of Huygens' masterpiece, the Horologium Oscillatorium of 1673 and where of evolutes within the heritage of arithmetic also are analyzed. ultimately, the position of Huygens within the upward thrust of utilized arithmetic is addressed.

By Edmund T. Whittaker

Very good therapy of Electrodynamics and Relativity concept from a decent historic viewpoint. Whittaker's perspectives are suppressed simply because he used to be courageous sufficient to inform the reality concerning the authentic contributions of Einstein to the Relativity concept (properly attributed to Poincaré and Lorentz).

By Stefan Pokorski

Quantum box concept kinds the current theoretical framework for our realizing of the elemental interactions of particle physics. This up-to-date and accelerated quantity examines gauge theories and their symmetries with an emphasis on their actual and technical features. a brand new introductory bankruptcy provides a scientific evaluate to classical box theories and a quick dialogue in their canonical quantization and the discrete symmetries C, P and T. assurance presents a quick exposition of perturbation conception, the renormalization application, and using the renormalization crew equation. It then explores themes of present study curiosity together with chiral symmetry and its breaking, anomalies, and coffee strength potent Lagrangians and a few fundamentals of supersymmetry. A bankruptcy at the fundamentals of the electroweak idea is usually new to this variation, in addition to an appendix that features a whole set of Feynman principles for a standard version. This quantity should be excellent for graduate scholars and researchers in theoretical physics, condensed subject physics, and utilized arithmetic.

By Michela Massimi

What is the foundation of our universe? What are darkish subject and darkish strength? what's our function within the universe as humans able to wisdom? What makes us clever cognitive brokers possible endowed with realization? medical study throughout either the actual and cognitive sciences increases attention-grabbing philosophical questions. Philosophy and the Sciences For Everyone introduces those questions and extra. It starts off through asking what solid is philosophy for the sciences sooner than analyzing the next questions:

• The foundation of our universe
• Dark subject and darkish energy
• Anthropic reasoning in philosophy and cosmology
• Evolutionary concept and the human mind
• What is consciousness?
• Intelligent machines and the human brain
• Embodied Cognition.

Each bankruptcy comprises an advent, precis and research questions and there's a thesaurus of technical phrases. Designed for use at the corresponding Philosophy and the Sciences on-line direction provided by means of the collage of Edinburgh this ebook can also be an outstanding creation to important subject matters in philosophy of technology and well known science.

By M Shifman

This helpful selection of memoirs and stories on clinical actions of the main fashionable theoretical physicists belonging to the Landau tuition -- Landau, Migdal, Zeldovich, Smorodinsky, Ter-Martirosyan, Kirzhnits, Gribov, Larkin and Anselm -- are being released in English for the 1st time.

the most objective is to acquaint readers with the lifestyles and paintings of exceptional Soviet physicists who, to a wide quantity, formed theoretical physics within the 1950s-70s. Many interesting information have remained unknown past the "Iron Curtain" which used to be dismantled in simple terms with the autumn of the USSR.

Readership: scholars and academics of physics in excessive colleges and faculties.

By Matthew Stanley

By Yongxiang Lu

A historical past of chinese language technology and Technology (Volumes 1, 2 & three) provides forty four person lectures, starting with historical chinese language technological know-how and expertise within the means of Human Civilizations and an summary of chinese language technological know-how and know-how, and carrying on with with in-depth discussions of numerous matters within the heritage of technology and the Needham Puzzle, interspersed with themes on Astronomy, mathematics, Agriculture and medication, The 4 nice innovations, and diverse technological parts heavily on the topic of garments, nutrition, shield and transportation.
This booklet is the main authoritative paintings at the background of chinese language technological know-how and know-how. it's the Winner of the China e-book Award, the Shanghai ebook Award (1^st prize), and the Classical China foreign Publishing undertaking (GAPP, normal management of Press and ebook of China) and gives an important source for tutorial researchers and non-experts alike.

It originated with a sequence of forty four lectures offered to best chinese language leaders, which bought very confident suggestions. Written via most sensible chinese language students of their respective fields from the Institute for the historical past of typical Sciences, chinese language Academy of Sciences and plenty of different revered chinese language corporations, the e-book is meant for scientists, researchers and postgraduate scholars operating within the background of technological know-how, philosophy of technology and expertise, and similar disciplines. Yongxiang Lu is a professor, former president and member of the chinese language Academy of Sciences (CAS) and chinese language Academy of Engineering (CAE), and vp of the nationwide Congress of China.

By Tony Robbin