Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Major Texts in Physics

Buch | Softcover

XII, 189 Seiten

2014
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-03667-0 (ISBN)

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This book presents a collection of texts by the German physicist and philosopher Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912-2007), for use in seminars on the history, epistemology and structure of physics. Most texts appear in English for the first time. Weizsäcker became famous through his works in physics, mainly in the early development of nuclear physics. Later he would also become well known as a philosopher and analyst of contemporary culture. Texts include the original publications of the "Weizsäcker-Bethe formula" of nuclear masses and the "Bethe-Weizsäcker cycle," which explains the source of energy in the sun; both were developed by Bethe at the same time and independently of Weizsäcker. Further texts deal with Weizsäcker's explanation of the origin of planets, his explanation of the "time arrow" in Statistical Mechanics and his analyses of Quantum Mechanics and the structure of physics in general.

Michael Drieschner, geb. 1939, Dipl.-Phys. 1964 in München, Promotion in Philosophie bei C.F. von Weizsäcker 1968 in Hamburg. 1970 bis 1978 am Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung der Lebensbedingungen der wissenschaftlich-technischen Welt (Starnberg), Arbeiten über Umweltfragen und Grundlagen der Quantenmechanik. Industrietätigkeit, 1980 Habilitation, Privatdozent an der Universität München. Seit 1986 Professor für Naturphilosophie an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

Introduction.- On Elementary Transmutations in the Interior of Stars. Paper II.- The Formation of the Planetary System.- The History of Nature, Introduction.- The Second Law and the Difference between Past and Future.- A Sketch of the Unity of Physics.- Quantum Theory.- Probability and Abstract Quantum Theory.- The Philosophy of Alternatives.- Matter and Consciousness.- Matter, Energy, Information

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.6.2014
Reihe/Serie	SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice
Reihe/Serie	Texts and Protocols
Zusatzinfo	XII, 189 p. 30 illus., 17 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	326 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht
Schlagworte	Foundations of quantum mechanics • Foundations of science • German Research Papers Physics • history of nuclear physics
ISBN-10	3-319-03667-X / 331903667X
ISBN-13	978-3-319-03667-0 / 9783319036670
Zustand	Neuware