From Physics to Metaphysics

Redhead Michael

ISBN 10: 0521589665 / ISBN 13: 9780521589666

Edité par Cambridge University Press, 1996

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pp. 108 4:B&W 5 x 8 in or 203 x 127 mm Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: From Physics to Metaphysics
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date de parution: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0521589665
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780521589666
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• État de l'article: New

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Synopsis

The book is drawn from the Tarner lectures, delivered in Cambridge in 1993. It is concerned with the ultimate nature of reality, and how this is revealed by modern physical theories such as relativity and quantum theory. The objectivity and rationality of science are defended against the views of relativists and social constructionists. It is claimed that modern physics gives us a tentative and fallible, but nevertheless rational, approach to the nature of physical reality. The role of subjectivity in science is examined in the fields of relativity theory, statistical mechanics and quantum theory, and recent claims of an essential role for human consciousness in physics are rejected. Prospects for a 'Theory of Everything' are considered, and the related question of how to assess scientific progress is carefully examined.