Olivier Darrigol

Gebundenes Buch

Physics and Necessity

Beschreibung

This book recounts a few ingenious attempts to derive physical theories by reason only, beginning with Descartes' geometric construction of the world, and finishing with recent derivations of quantum mechanics from natural axioms.

Autor

Olivier Darrigol studied physics at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, the history and philosophy of physics at the Sorbonne and at UC-Berkeley's Office for History of Science and Technology (OHST). He is the author of several books on the history of quantum physics, electrodynamics, hydrodynamics, and optics. He is currently a member of the SPHere research team at CNRS/Paris 7, and a Research Associate at UC-Berkeley's OHST.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Seitenzahl: 418
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 163mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 839g
• ISBN-13: 9780198712886
• ISBN-10: 019871288X
• Artikelnr.: 40544943