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Dewey Class	510.9
Title	David Hilbert's Lectures on the Foundations of Physics 1915-1927 ([Ebook]) : Relativity, Quantum Theory and Epistemology / edited by Tilman Sauer, Ulrich Majer.
Author	Sauer, Tilman
Added Personal Name	Majer, Ulrich
Other name(s)	SpringerLink (Online service)
Publication	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer , 2009.
Physical Details	XII, 690 pages : online resource.
ISBN	9783540682424
Summary Note	Volume 5 has three parts, dealing with General Relativity, Epistemological Issues, and Quantum Mechanics. The core of the first part is Hilbert's two semester lecture course on "The Foundations of Physics" (1916/17). This is framed by Hilbert's published "First and Second Communications" on the "Foundations of Physics" (1915, 1917) and by a selection of documents dealing with more specific topics like "The Principle of Causality" or a lecture on the new concepts of space and time held in Bucharest in 1918. The epistemological issues concern the intricate relation between nature and mathematical knowledge, in particular the question of irreversibility and objectivity (1921) as well as the subtle question whether what Hilbert calls the âworld equationsâ are physically complete (1923). The last part deals with quantum theory in its early, advanced and mature stages. Hilbert held lecture courses on the mathematical foundations of quantum theory twice, before and after the breakthrough in 1926. These documents bear witness to one of the most dramatic changes in the foundations of science.:
Contents note	Introduction -- 1.The Foundations of Physics: The Mitteilungen (1915 and 1917) -- 2.The Foundations of Physics: The Lectures (1916â1917) -- 3.The Foundations of Physics: Specific Topics (1915â1918) -- 4.Epistemological Questions of Physics (1921 and 1923) -- 5.Lectures on Radiation Theory and Quantum Theory (1912) -- 6.Lectures on Quantum Theory (1922â23 and 1926â27) -- Bibliography -- Index.
System details note	Online access to this digital book is restricted to subscription institutions through IP address (only for SISSA internal users).
Internet Site	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b12915
Links to Related Works	Subject References: History of mathematics . Mathematics . Mathematics - History . Mechanics . Quantum theory . Science . Authors: editor . Majer, Ulrich . Sauer, Tilman . Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service) . Classification: 510.9 . 510.9 (DDC 23) .

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