Reflections of a Physicist
Author : Percy Williams Bridgman
Publisher :
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 17,2 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Physics
ISBN :
Author : Percy Williams Bridgman
Publisher :
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 17,2 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Physics
ISBN :
Author : Emanuel Derman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 28,79 MB
Release : 2016-01-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0470192739
In My Life as a Quant, Emanuel Derman relives his exciting journey as one of the first high-energy particle physicists to migrate to Wall Street. Page by page, Derman details his adventures in this field—analyzing the incompatible personas of traders and quants, and discussing the dissimilar nature of knowledge in physics and finance. Throughout this tale, he also reflects on the appropriate way to apply the refined methods of physics to the hurly-burly world of markets.
Author : J. C. Polkinghorne
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 25,99 MB
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780800629700
"Based on his 1993-94 Gifford Lectures, Polkinghorne's task here is to ask challenging questions of the contemporary scientific worldview and to show how the range of possible answers carries beyond biology to spirit and beyond physics to God. . . . The single most important work of his theological corpus".-- First Things.
Author : Percy Williams Bridgman
Publisher :
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 40,98 MB
Release : 1950
Category : Physics
ISBN :
Author : A. Abragam
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 39,59 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
In this fascinating personal account, a senior member of the French scientific community reflects on physics and nuclear research as practiced in the 20th century. A long-standing member of the French Academy of Science and past president of the French Physical Society, Abragam is known for his pioneering work in nuclear physics. In addition to summing up in nontechnical language the discoveries he has made in this area, Abragam. reflects on decades of involved research, providing insights into the nature of the physical world and the process of scientific discovery. He concludes his personal reflections with a remembrance of three great physicists--J.H. Van Vleck, Claude Bloch and Felix Bloch--who shaped and encouraged his scientific work. A moving, thoughtful consideration of a lifetime of distinguished scientific achievement, Reflections of Physicist provides stimulating reading for anyone interested in modern science.
Author : Percy W. Bridgman
Publisher :
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 44,17 MB
Release : 1980
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Katherine Brading
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 29,89 MB
Release : 2003-12-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 1139442023
This book brings together philosophical discussions of symmetry in physics, highlighting the main issues and controversies. It covers all the fundamental symmetries of modern physics, as well as discussing symmetry-breaking and general interpretational issues. For each topic, classic texts are followed by review articles and short commentaries.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 24,87 MB
Release : 2004-10-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0309165636
Computer Science: Reflections on the Field, Reflections from the Field provides a concise characterization of key ideas that lie at the core of computer science (CS) research. The book offers a description of CS research recognizing the richness and diversity of the field. It brings together two dozen essays on diverse aspects of CS research, their motivation and results. By describing in accessible form computer science's intellectual character, and by conveying a sense of its vibrancy through a set of examples, the book aims to prepare readers for what the future might hold and help to inspire CS researchers in its creation.
Author : K. C. Cole
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 38,53 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780156006460
Demystifying physics in a fascinating read, "First You Build a Cloud" does for physics what the bestselling "The Universe and the Teacup" did for math.
Author : Giora Hon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 41,57 MB
Release : 2020-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 1000030644
This monograph examines James Clerk Maxwell’s contributions to electromagnetism to gain insight into the practice of science by focusing on scientific methodology as applied by scientists. First and foremost, this study is concerned with practices that are reflected in scientific texts and the ways scientists frame their research. The book is therefore about means and not ends.