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Foundations of science; the philosophy of theory and experiment. (Formerly titled: Physics, the elements)
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A bridge between semipopular works for the general reader has technical treatises written for specialists, this excellent work discusses the foundation ideas and background of modern physics. It is...
A bridge between semipopular works for the general reader has technical treatises written for specialists, this excellent work discusses the foundation ideas and background of modern physics. It is not a text on theoretical physics, but a discussion of the methods of physical description and construction of theory. It is especially valuable for a physicist with a background in elementary calculus who is interested in the ideas which give meaning to the data and tools of modern physics.
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- New York : Dover Publications, [1957]
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- 565 pages ; 22 cm
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- ocm00580981
- "An unabridged and unaltered republication of the first edition [1920]."
- pt. I. The propositions of science. The subject matter of science -- The nature of laws -- The nature of laws (contd) -- The discovery and proof of laws -- The explanation of laws -- Theories -- Chance and probability -- The meaning of science -- Science and philosophy -- pt. II. Measurement. Fundamental measurement -- Physical number -- Fractional and negative magnitudes -- Numerical laws and derived magnitudes -- Units and dimensions -- The uses of dimensions -- Errors of measurement; methodical errors -- Errors of measurement; errors of consistency and the adjustment of observations -- Mathematical physics