The Concepts and Theories of Modern Physics /

The Concepts and Theories of Modern Physics / / J. B. Stallo; ed. by Percy W. Bridgman.

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Stallo, J. B.,
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Bridgman, Percy W.,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]
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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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Table of Contents:
  • 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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