Converging realities : toward a common philosophy of physics and mathematics / Roland Omnès.
Converging realities : toward a common philosophy of physics and mathematics / Roland Omnès.
Converging realities : toward a common philosophy of physics and mathematics / Roland Omnès.
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2005.
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N510.1/45
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xvii, 264 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Beginnings -- Ch. 2. Brain and reality -- Ch. 3. Mathematics and classical reality -- Ch. 4. First encounter with the quantum world -- Ch. 5. Quantity and reality -- Ch. 6. More about physical quantities -- Ch. 7. On the extent of the "Lingua mathematica" -- Ch. 8. Virtual processes -- Ch. 9....
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2005.
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New Jersey
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c2005.
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"The philosophical relationship between mathematics and the natural sciences is the subject of Converging Realities, the latest work by one of the leading thinkers on the subject. Based on a simple but powerful idea, it shows that the axioms needed for the mathematics used in physics can also generate practically every field of contemporary pure ma...
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Converging realities : toward a common philosophy of physics and mathematics / Roland Omnès.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-259) and index.
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N510.1/45
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0691115303 (acid-free paper)
9780691115306 (acid-free paper)
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510.1
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991019403509702626
