From Quarks to Quasars: Philosophical Problems of Modern Physics (PITTSBURGH SERIES IN PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY OF SCIENCE)

In the history of science, only three hundred years separate the discoveries of Galileo and Albert Einstein. Recent science has brought us relativity theory, quantum mechanics, and elementary particle physics-in a radical and mercurial departure from earlier developments. In this collection of essays, four philosophers and one physicist consider the interactions of mathematics and physics with logic and philosophy in the rapidly changing environment of modern science. From Geometry To Tolerance : Sources Of Conventionalism In Nineteenth-century Geometry / Alberto Goffa -- Invariants And Objectivity : A Theory With Applications To Relativity And Geometry / John A. Winnie -- Newtonian Gravity, Limits, And The Geometry Of Space / David B. Malament -- Quantum Mechanics And The Received View Of Theories / Michael R. Gardner -- Do Quanta Need A New Logic? / John Stachel -- Einstein And The Quantum / John Stachel. Editor, Robert G. Colodny ; Alberto Coffa ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographies And Indexes. Annotation In these essays, four philosophers and one physicist consider the interactions of mathematics and physics with logic and philosophy in the era of modern science