The Scientist as Philosopher Philosophical Consequences of Great Scientific Discoveries /

• Main Author: Weinert, Friedel (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Subjects: Physics.; Science.; Philosophy.; Popular works.; Physics, general.; Science, general.; Philosophy, general.; Popular Science, general.

How do major scientific discoveries reshape their originators’, and our own, sense of reality and concept of the physical world? The Scientist as Philosopher explores the interaction between physics and philosophy. Clearly written and well illustrated, the book first places the scientist-philosopher...