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An edition of The nature of physical reality (1950)

The nature of physical reality

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xiii, 479 p. : 24 cm

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McGraw-Hill
Language
English
Pages
479

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Cover of: The nature of physical reality
The nature of physical reality: a philosophy of modern physics
1977, Ox Bow Press
Cover of: The nature of physical reality
The nature of physical reality: a philosophy of modern physics
1977, Ox Bow Press
in English
Cover of: The nature of physical reality
The nature of physical reality
1959, McGraw-Hill
in English
Cover of: The nature of physical reality
Cover of: The nature of physical reality
Cover of: The nature of physical reality
The nature of physical reality
1950, McGraw-Hill
in English
Cover of: The nature of physical reality
The nature of physical reality
1950, McGraw-Hill
in English
Cover of: The nature of physical reality
The nature of physical reality
1950, McGraw-Hill
in English
Cover of: The nature of physical reality
Cover of: The nature of physical reality
The nature of physical reality
1950, McGraw-Hill
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Table of Contents

Ch. 1 preliminary survey of reality
Ch. 2 ways of arriving at reality
Ch. 3 what is immediately given?
Ch. 4 departure from the immediate; constructs
Ch. 5 metaphysical requirements on constructs
Ch. 6 empirical confirmation
Ch. 7 space and time
Ch. 8 systems, observables, and states
Ch. 9 physics of discrete systems
Ch. 10 physics of continua
Ch. 11 thermodynamics
Ch. 12 the role of definitions in science
Ch. 13 probability
Ch. 14 statistical mechanics
Ch. 15 reality: a first outline
Ch. 16 the breakdown of physical models
Ch. 17 basic ideas of quantum mechanics
Ch. 18 uncertainty and measurements
Ch. 19 causality
Ch. 20 the exclusion principle
Ch. 21 the contours of reality.

Edition Notes

"McGraw-Hill paperbacks."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
530.01
Library of Congress
QC6 .M3514 1950

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xiii, 479 pages
Number of pages
479

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Open Library
OL28395780M
Internet Archive
natureofphysical0000marg_a2z6
OCLC/WorldCat
12992729

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