Heisenberg's 1958 Weltformel and the Roots of Post-Empirical Physics

• Main Author: Blum, Alexander S. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology,
• Subjects: Physics.; Philosophy and science.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Mathematical physics.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Philosophy of Science.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.

This book presents the first detailed account of Werner Heisenberg's failed attempt to find a theory of everything in the autumn of his career. It further investigates what we can learn from his failure in relation to the search for a final theory of physics, an endeavour that continues to defi...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The origins of Heisenberg's program
• Heisenberg Triumphant
• Reception and Rejection
• Conclusions.