skip to content
The nature of physical reality : a philosophy of modern physics Preview this item
ClosePreview this item

The nature of physical reality : a philosophy of modern physics

Author: Henry Margenau
Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, 1950.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
Rating:

(not yet rated) 0 with reviews - Be the first.

Subjects
More like this

 

Find a copy in the library

&AllPage.SpinnerRetrieving; Finding libraries that hold this item...

Details

Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Margenau, Henry, 1901-1997.
Nature of physical reality.
New York, McGraw-Hill, 1950
(OCoLC)594352944
Online version:
Margenau, Henry, 1901-1997.
Nature of physical reality.
New York, McGraw-Hill, 1950
(OCoLC)608746499
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Henry Margenau
OCLC Number: 918045
Description: xiii, 479 p. : diagrs. ; 20 cm.
Contents: Preliminary survey of reality --
Ways of arriving at reality --
What is immediately given? --
Departure from the immediate; constructs --
Metaphysical requirements on constructs --
Empirical confirmation --
Space and time --
System, observables, and states --
Physics of discrete systems --
Physics of continua --
Thermodynamics --
The role of definitions in science --
Probability --
Statistical mechanics --
Reality: a first outline --
The breakdown of physical models --
Basic ideas of quantum mechanics --
Uncertainty and measurements --
Causality --
The exclusion principle --
The contours of reality.
Responsibility: Henry Margenau.

Reviews

User-contributed reviews
Retrieving GoodReads reviews...
Retrieving DOGObooks reviews...

Tags

Be the first.

Similar Items

Related Subjects:(6)

User lists with this item (1)

Confirm this request

You may have already requested this item. Please select Ok if you would like to proceed with this request anyway.

Linked Data


<http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/918045>
library:oclcnum"918045"
library:placeOfPublication
library:placeOfPublication
owl:sameAs<info:oclcnum/918045>
rdf:typeschema:Book
schema:about
schema:about
schema:about
schema:about
schema:about
schema:about
schema:about
schema:about
schema:author
schema:bookEdition"1st ed."
schema:datePublished"1950"
schema:description"Preliminary survey of reality -- Ways of arriving at reality -- What is immediately given? -- Departure from the immediate; constructs -- Metaphysical requirements on constructs -- Empirical confirmation -- Space and time -- System, observables, and states -- Physics of discrete systems -- Physics of continua -- Thermodynamics -- The role of definitions in science -- Probability -- Statistical mechanics -- Reality: a first outline -- The breakdown of physical models -- Basic ideas of quantum mechanics -- Uncertainty and measurements -- Causality -- The exclusion principle -- The contours of reality."
schema:inLanguage"en"
schema:name"The nature of physical reality : a philosophy of modern physics"
schema:numberOfPages"479"
schema:publisher
Close Window

Please sign in to WorldCat 

Don't have an account? You can easily create a free account.