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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101316601838

ISBN-139781316601839

eBay Product ID (ePID)219194052

Product Key Features

Number of Pages160 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameOn Understanding Physics

Publication Year2016

SubjectHistory, Physics / Mathematical & Computational, Physics / General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaScience

AuthorW. H. Watson

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight8.1 Oz

Item Length8.6 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal530.101

Table Of ContentPreface; 1. Discipline in philosophy; 2. Logic and psychology and physics; 3. On methods of representation; 4. The nature of mechanism; 5. The logic of substance and motion; 6. Some aspects of the symbolism of mechanics and electricity; Index.

SynopsisIntroducing students to the core philosophical issues surrounding modern physics and the ideas, which have shaped our current understanding of the subject, the book is based on lectures by H. W. Watson and sets out to illuminate and implicate the inextricably entwined nature of philosophy and physics and the importance of logic., Originally published in 1938, this informative and insightful book is based on a series of lectures given by W. H. Watson at McGill University, Montr al, which were inspired and influenced by the lectures given by Dr Ludwig Wittgenstein at the University of Cambridge between the years 1929-34. Watson's lectures are 'offered in the hope that the interest of physicists in particular and scientists in general may be drawn to developments in modern philosophy which promise to be of great importance to learning'. Introducing students to the core philosophical issues surrounding modern physics and the ideas, which have shaped our current understanding of the subject, the book sets out to illuminate and implicate the inextricably entwined nature of philosophy and physics and the importance of logic. This book will be of considerable value to scholars of physics and philosophy as well as to anyone with an interest in the history of education., Originally published in 1938, this informative and insightful book is based on a series of lectures given by W. H. Watson at McGill University, Montréal, which were inspired and influenced by the lectures given by Dr Ludwig Wittgenstein at the University of Cambridge between the years 1929-34. Watson's lectures are 'offered in the hope that the interest of physicists in particular and scientists in general may be drawn to developments in modern philosophy which promise to be of great importance to learning'. Introducing students to the core philosophical issues surrounding modern physics and the ideas, which have shaped our current understanding of the subject, the book sets out to illuminate and implicate the inextricably entwined nature of philosophy and physics and the importance of logic. This book will be of considerable value to scholars of physics and philosophy as well as to anyone with an interest in the history of education.

LC Classification NumberQC6