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  • The Physicist - Philosophers: The Legacy of James Clerk Maxwell and Herrmann von Helmholtz by Peter Skiff

    The Physicist - Philosophers: The Legacy of James Clerk Maxwell and Herrmann von Helmholtz

    Peter Skiff

    One of the most effective, and most mysterious, tools of modern theoretical physics is a mathematical method including what is here called “field theory.” The success of this procedure in unraveling the “zoology” of fundamental particles and their behavior is a marvel. The philosophical context of this marvel is the source of endless academic controversy. The core of the method is a blend of mathematics and description created by “physicist-philosophers,” from Maxwell and Helmholtz to Einstein and Schrödinger. This book tries to unravel the mystery, or at least chronicle it.

 
 
 

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