عنوان

Physics and Necessity

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:9780198712886

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bnb

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986257

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Physics and Necessity

General Material Designation

[book]

Other Title Information

: Rationalist Pursuits from the Cartesian Past to the Quantum Present

First Statement of Responsibility

\ Olivier Darrigol.

Edition Statement

First edition.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Oxford, United Kingdom

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

: Oxford University Press

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

, 2014

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiv, 400 pages

Other Physical Details

:illustrations

Text of Note

Index

Text of Note

Bibliography

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1. Rationalism in the history of mechanics. Descartes versus Newton -- Before Newton -- After Newton -- Conclusions -- 2. The necessity of classical mechanics. Connected systems -- Molecular mechanics -- Continuum mechanics -- Collisions -- Conclusions -- 3. From mechanical reduction to general principles. Varieties of mechanical reduction -- The energy principle -- The principle of least action -- Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics -- Conclusions -- 4. Geometry. From Euclid to Helmholtz -- Improved foundations -- Conventions and necessities -- Conclusions -- 5. Spacetime. From time to spacetime -- Rational spacetime -- The Helmholtzian approach, with morals -- Conclusions -- 6. Numbers and math. From Descartes to the nineteenth century -- A historical sketch of quantity -- Helmholtz's Counting and measuring -- Poincare on number and quantity -- Conclusions --

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7. Classical field theories. Landau, Faraday, and Maxwell -- Toward a definition of Faradayan theories -- The vector, tensor, and scalar cases -- Energy-momentum considerations -- The super-Faradayan approach -- Conclusions -- 8. Quantum mechanics. Historical necessity -- The deformation of classical mechanics -- Quantum logic -- Discreteness, probabilities, and information -- Conclusions -- 9. Necessity, theories, and modules. The preconditions of necessity -- Theories and modules -- The necessity of modularity -- Conclusion : the possibility of necessity.

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Cover Title

Physics & necessity

Entry Element

Physics

Entry Element

فیزیک

Topical Subdivision

-- Methodology

Topical Subdivision

-- روش‌شناسی

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Physics-- Philosophy-- History

Practical reason-- History

فیزیک -- فلسفه -- تاریخ

عقل عملی -- تاریخ

Number

Edition

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Book number

Darrigol, Olivier

Date of Transaction

20151226141435.0

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rda

BL

270410

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Y

فیزیک -- روش‌شناسی

Physics -- Methodology