History and Root of the Principle of the Conservation of Energy (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Ernst Mach

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 133014788X ISBN 13 : 9781330147887

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Discover how early ideas about causality and the economy of thought shape our understanding of energy and the laws that govern nature.

In this exploration, the book examines how scientists turn complex phenomena into meaningful, accessible explanations. It asks big questions about causality, the role of experience, and why the universe behaves the way it does. The author argues that scientific progress often comes from simplifying and organizing observations rather than claiming absolute certainty.

Written for readers curious about the foundations of physics and the philosophy of science, this edition ties together historical ideas with modern reflections on energy, measurement, and the limits of our knowledge. It emphasizes practical reasoning and the explainability of natural laws, while acknowledging the gaps that remain in understanding the world.

• How causality is defined as dependence between phenomena, not just sequence or time
• The idea that science advances by economy of thought—simplifying complex results for better understanding
• Discussions on energy conservation, measurement, and the nature of physical quantities
• Connections between historical work and contemporary views on science and reason

Ideal for readers of philosophy of science, history of physics, and anyone curious about how scientific laws are formed and tested.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from History and Root of the Principle of the Conservation of Energy

The pamphlet of fifty-eight pages entitled Die Geschichte und die Wurzel des Satzes von der Erhaltung der Arbeit. Vortrag gehalten in der k. böhm. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften am 15. Nov. 1871 von E. Mach, Professor der Physik an der Universität Prag was published at Prague in 1872, and a second - unaltered - edition at Leipzig (Barth) in 1909. To this second edition (pp. iv, 60) were added a short preface and a few notes by Mach himself. This preface is translated below.

Quite apart from the interest which must attach to the first sketch of a way of regarding science which has become of such great importance to students both of science and of the theory of knowledge, this pamphlet is quite essential to the thorough understanding of Mach's work. In the first place, it contains a reprint of Mach's article (1868) on the definition of mass, which is, perhaps, his most important contribution to mechanics; and, in the second place, the discussion of the logical root of the principle of the conservation of energy is fuller than that in any of his later publications.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 133014788X
• ISBN 13: 9781330147887
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 120
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