The Rise of Modern Physics

Weizsacker, C.F. Von and Juilfs, J.

Edité par George Braziller, Inc., New York, 1957

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A tight, bright and clean FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. An increasingly scarce book in collector's condition, just bit of minor underlining. Von Weizsacker and Juilfs, two renowned scientists, discuss contemporary physics as a coherent science, its historical origins in the concepts of classical physics, and the practical problems of its future development. The concepts of classical physics: mechanics, heat , light, sound, magneticism and electricity, are brilliantly related to the modern concepts of atomic physics, quantum mechanics and relativity theory--and all are clearly explained to give the reader an insight into all the characteristic problems of physics as a science. This wonderful book also brings-up, by implication, at least, the profound and complex interaction between a society's culture and its scientific/technological enterprise. The cultural needs and desires of a society determine its technology, while the developed or developing technology in turn affects and even effects cultural continuity. Many serious social issues in our society have their origins in scientific development or, at least, have significant science-technology components. Such issues include, among others, the energy crisis in its multiple manifestations, the invasion of privacy threatened by sophisticated surveillance techniques and computerized data banks, research and technological advances in reproductive biology, brain physiology, and so on. There are questions of transportation, environmental concerns, population management, arms control, mass communications, and so on. There is a growing demand to set national social priorities and to establish governmental agencies to assess technology. Most recently there has been the recommendation to create a scientific "supreme court." All these issues require a multidisciplinary approach. Just what role should the scientific community play in this approach? What contribution can the research community make to the solution of social issues, especially those with significant scientific and technological components? To what extent are scientific methodologies helpful in these questions? N° de réf. du vendeur 000069

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Titre : The Rise of Modern Physics

Éditeur : George Braziller, Inc., New York

Date d'édition : 1957

Reliure : Hard Cover in Dust Jacket

Etat : Near Fine

Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine

Edition : First American Edition