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Observational Foundations of Physics
Book Details
Author(s)Sir Alan H. Cook
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN / ASIN0521455979
ISBN-139780521455978
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank5,080,014
CategoryFiction
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
This intriguing book examines the questions of how the ways in which we observe the world determine theories of physics and how we can get reliable results that enable us to make secure predictions. The first chapters deal with the theories of quantum mechanics and relativity and are followed by a discussion of chaotic dynamics. The uncertainty of observations and probabilistic agruments in physics are then treated. Finally, it is argued that the success of prediction is reason for believing in the existence of a world independent of ourselves.










