Physics and necessity : rationalist pursuits from the Cartesian past to the quantum present /

This book recounts a few ingenious attempts to derive physical theories by reason only, beginning with Descartes' geometric construction of the world, and finishing with recent derivations of quantum mechanics from natural axioms.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Darrigol, Olivier (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:	Physics > Philosophy > History. Practical reason > History. Physique > Philosophie > Histoire. Raison pratique > Histoire. SCIENCE > Energy. SCIENCE > Mechanics > General. SCIENCE > Physics > General. Physics > Philosophy Practical reason Electronic books. History
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

by Darrigol, Olivier
Published 2014

Book