Neil A Porter

Physicists in Conflict

From Antiquity to the New Millennium

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Physicists in Conflict: From Antiquity to the New Millennium examines the nature of conflict in science through examples chosen from the history of physics. These cases fall into three broad themes: physicists in conflict with religion, conflict between physicists on significant scientific issues, and physicists in conflict with each other and politicians on matters of public policy with scientific content. Conflict is singled out as a common element in otherwise disparate areas precisely because it has characteristics that are common to the different cases, and sometimes the similarities are remarkable, such as in the cases of Galileo and Oppenheimer.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Longman Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 162mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 617g
• ISBN-13: 9780750305099
• ISBN-10: 0750305096
• Artikelnr.: 24850986

Autorenporträt

Neil A. Porter

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Religion rampant: Hypatia, Roger Bacon, Giordano Bruno.
Galileo and the inquisition. Kepler. Internal conflict. The atomic theory
and positivist philosophy. N-rays. Einstein and the Copenhagen school.
Oppenheimer and the AEC. Blackett, Cherwell, Tizard: Operational research
and total war. The big bang versus continuous creation. Multiple versus
plural photon and particle production. Missing magnetic monopoles.
Conclusions. Postscript References. Glossary. Bibliographical discussion.
Bibliography. Index.