The Concepts and Theories of Modern Physics / / J. B. Stallo; ed. by Percy W. Bridgman.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013] ©1960 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Edition: | Reprint 2014 |
Language: | English |
Series: | The John Harvard Library ;
70 |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (325 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION AND PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION -- I. INTRODUCTORY -- II. FIRST PRINCIPLES OF THE MECHANICAL THEORY OF THE UNIVERSE -- III. THE PROPOSITION THAT THE ELEMENTARY UNITS OF MASS ARE EQUAL -- IV. THE PROPOSITION THAT THE ELEMENTARY UNITS OF MASS ARE ABSOLUTELY HARD AND INELASTIC -- V. THE PROPOSITION THAT THE ELEMENTARY UNITS OF MASS ARE ABSOLUTELY INERT -- VI. THE PROPOSITION THAT ALL POTENTIAL ENERGY IS IN REALITY KINETIC – EVOLUTION OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY -- VII. THE THEORY OF THE ATOMIC CONSTITUTION OF MATTER -- VIII. THE KINETIC THEORY OF GASES – CONDITIONS OF THE VALIDITY OF SCIENTIFIC HYPOTHESES -- IX. THE RELATION OF THOUGHTS TO THINGS – THE FORMATION OF CONCEPTS – METAPHYSICAL THEORIES -- Χ. CHARACTER AND ORIGIN OF THE MECHANICAL THEORY – ITS EXEMPLIFICATION OF THE FIRST AND SECOND RADICAL ERRORS OF METAPHYSICS -- XI. CHARACTER AND ORIGIN OF THE MECHANICAL THEORY (CONTINUED) – ITS EXEMPLIFICATION OF THE THIRD RADICAL ERROR OF METAPHYSICS -- XII. CHARACTER AND ORIGIN OF THE MECHANICAL THEORY (CONTINUED) – ITS EXEMPLIFICATION OF THE FOURTH RADICAL ERROR OF METAPHYSICS -- XIII. THE THEORY OF THE ABSOLUTE FINITUDE OF THE WORLD AND OF SPACE – THE ASSUMPTION OF AN ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM OF MATERIAL EXISTENCE AS A NECESSARY COMPLEMENT TO THE ASSUMPTION OF THE ATOM AS ITS ABSOLUTE MINIMUM – ONTOLOGY IN MATHEMATICS – THE REIFICATION OF SPACE – MODERN TRANSCENDENTAL GEOMETRY – NON-HOMALOIDAL (SPHERICAL AND PSEUDO–SPHERICAL) SPACE -- XIV. METAGEOMETRICAL SPACE IN THE LIGHT OF MODERN ANALYSIS – RIEMANN’S ESSAY -- XV. COSMOLOGIC AL AND COSMOGENETIC SPECULATIONS – THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS -- XVI. CONCLUSION -- INDEX OF NAMES -- Backmatter |
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Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674864832 9783110353488 9783110353549 9783110442212 |
DOI: | 10.4159/harvard.9780674864832 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | J. B. Stallo; ed. by Percy W. Bridgman. |