In Search of a Theory of Everything: The Philosophy Behind Physics
Autor Demetris Nicolaidesen Limba Engleză Hardback – 6 aug 2020
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780190098353
ISBN-10: 019009835X
Pagini: 186
Ilustrații: 8 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 236 x 163 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 019009835X
Pagini: 186
Ilustrații: 8 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 236 x 163 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Recenzii
In times like these--when the deep unity of science and philosophy is under attack from various quarters, in particular from the anti-Enlightenment forces so powerfully present in contemporary society--we need books like the one of Demetris Nicolaides. This is a crystal-clear demonstration that the unity is indeed real and important and that the Enlightenment project is alive and well.
At a time when science faces sharp challenges to its authority and philosophy faces fierce attacks on its relevance, Demetris Nicolaides makes a powerful, historically grounded case for their interdependence. InSearch of a Theory of Everything shows how millennia-old philosophical questions sit at the very heart of what makes modern science--and the purchase it offers on the world--compelling.
Demetris Nicolaides is to be congratulated for this fascinating book that presents profound and surprising links between the ideas of Greek philosophers of antiquity and the theories of contemporary physicists in their common quest to understand the cosmos and grasp its ultimate principles. I found the many and profound resemblances between contemporary science and ancient thought striking.
The ideas of major Greek philosophers from classical antiquity pertaining to modern physics are examined in themselves and within the context of the current scientific understanding of nature in an engaging and lively exploration of the links between them. Ideas from philosophers such as Aristotle, Pythagoras, Zeno and Democritus are explained and connected to diverse topics in physics including the interpretation of quantum mechanics and the search for a theory of everything.
At a time when science faces sharp challenges to its authority and philosophy faces fierce attacks on its relevance, Demetris Nicolaides makes a powerful, historically grounded case for their interdependence. InSearch of a Theory of Everything shows how millennia-old philosophical questions sit at the very heart of what makes modern science--and the purchase it offers on the world--compelling.
Demetris Nicolaides is to be congratulated for this fascinating book that presents profound and surprising links between the ideas of Greek philosophers of antiquity and the theories of contemporary physicists in their common quest to understand the cosmos and grasp its ultimate principles. I found the many and profound resemblances between contemporary science and ancient thought striking.
The ideas of major Greek philosophers from classical antiquity pertaining to modern physics are examined in themselves and within the context of the current scientific understanding of nature in an engaging and lively exploration of the links between them. Ideas from philosophers such as Aristotle, Pythagoras, Zeno and Democritus are explained and connected to diverse topics in physics including the interpretation of quantum mechanics and the search for a theory of everything.
Notă biografică
Demetris Nicolaides is an award-winning professor of physics at Bloomfield College. He has authored two books, many scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, and presented his research at conferences nationally and internationally. He is a member of the American Physical Society, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and the International Association for Presocratic Studies.