Neil A. Porter

Physicists in Conflict (eBook, PDF)

From Antiquity to the New Millennium

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Dialogue in science is essential for progress. But when dialogue becomes conflict or further intensifies to persecution the situation is harmful not only to science, but also to the wider society in which science exists. This is true whether the conflict is internal, in the case of Boltzmann, or external, as with Galileo and Oppenheimer against the

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1998
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781482268515
• Artikelnr.: 57589345

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.