Philosophy of Physics - David Wallace by David Wallace, David Wallace
Philosophy of physics is concerned with the deepest theories of modern physicsnotably quantum theory, our theories of space, time and symmetry, and thermal physicsand their strange, even bizarre conceptual implications. A deeper understanding of these theories helps both physics, through pointing the way to new theories and new applications, and philosophy, through seeing how our worldview has to change in the light of what we learn from physics., This Very Short Introduction explores the core topics in philosophy of physics through three key themes. The first the nature of space, time, and motionbegins by considering the philosophical puzzles that led Isaac Newton to propose the existence of absolute space, and then discusses how those puzzles changebut do not disappear in the context of the revolutions in our understanding of space and time that came first from special, and then from general, relativity. The secondthe emergence of irreversible behavior in statistical mechanicsconside
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Philosophy of Physics - David Wallace
David Wallace, David Wallace
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Philosophy of physics is concerned with the deepest theories of modern physicsnotably quantum theory, our theories of space, time and symmetry, and thermal physicsand their strange, even bizarre conceptual implications. A deeper understanding of these theories helps both physics, through pointing the way to new theories and new applications, and philosophy, through seeing how our worldview has to change in the light of what we learn from physics., This Very Short Introduction explores the core topics in philosophy of physics through three key themes. The first the nature of space, time, and motionbegins by considering the philosophical puzzles that led Isaac Newton to propose the existence of absolute space, and then discusses how those puzzles changebut do not disappear in the context of the revolutions in our understanding of space and time that came first from special, and then from general, relativity. The secondthe emergence of irreversible behavior in statistical mechanicsconside
