The Concepts and Theories of Modern Physics

J. B. Stallo

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The Concepts and Theories of Modern Physics

J. B. Stallo
Edited by: Percy W. Bridgman

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1960

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
INTRODUCTION AND PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
I. INTRODUCTORY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
II. FIRST PRINCIPLES OF THE MECHANICAL THEORY OF THE UNIVERSE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
III. THE PROPOSITION THAT THE ELEMENTARY UNITS OF MASS ARE EQUAL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
IV. THE PROPOSITION THAT THE ELEMENTARY UNITS OF MASS ARE ABSOLUTELY HARD AND INELASTIC Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
V. THE PROPOSITION THAT THE ELEMENTARY UNITS OF MASS ARE ABSOLUTELY INERT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
VI. THE PROPOSITION THAT ALL POTENTIAL ENERGY IS IN REALITY KINETIC – EVOLUTION OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
VII. THE THEORY OF THE ATOMIC CONSTITUTION OF MATTER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
VIII. THE KINETIC THEORY OF GASES – CONDITIONS OF THE VALIDITY OF SCIENTIFIC HYPOTHESES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
IX. THE RELATION OF THOUGHTS TO THINGS – THE FORMATION OF CONCEPTS – METAPHYSICAL THEORIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
Χ. CHARACTER AND ORIGIN OF THE MECHANICAL THEORY – ITS EXEMPLIFICATION OF THE FIRST AND SECOND RADICAL ERRORS OF METAPHYSICS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
XI. CHARACTER AND ORIGIN OF THE MECHANICAL THEORY (CONTINUED) – ITS EXEMPLIFICATION OF THE THIRD RADICAL ERROR OF METAPHYSICS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
XII. CHARACTER AND ORIGIN OF THE MECHANICAL THEORY (CONTINUED) – ITS EXEMPLIFICATION OF THE FOURTH RADICAL ERROR OF METAPHYSICS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
XIII. THE THEORY OF THE ABSOLUTE FINITUDE OF THE WORLD AND OF SPACE – THE ASSUMPTION OF AN ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM OF MATERIAL EXISTENCE AS A NECESSARY COMPLEMENT TO THE ASSUMPTION OF THE ATOM AS ITS ABSOLUTE MINIMUM – ONTOLOGY IN MATHEMATICS – THE REIFICATION OF SPACE – MODERN TRANSCENDENTAL GEOMETRY – NON-HOMALOIDAL (SPHERICAL AND PSEUDO–SPHERICAL) SPACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
XIV. METAGEOMETRICAL SPACE IN THE LIGHT OF MODERN ANALYSIS – RIEMANN’S ESSAY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
XV. COSMOLOGIC AL AND COSMOGENETIC SPECULATIONS – THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	280
XVI. CONCLUSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
INDEX OF NAMES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	327

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October 1, 2013

eBook ISBN:

9780674864832

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February 5, 1960

Hardcover ISBN:

9780674864825

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Reprint 2014

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325

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674864832

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Physics -- Philosophy.; Force and energy.

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