The Structure of Physics

The Structure of Physics by Carl F. von Weizsäcker ; edited by Thomas Görnitz, Holger Lyre.

Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker‘s "Aufbau der Physik", first published in 1985, was intended as an overview of his lifelong concern: an understanding of the unity of physics. That is, the idea of a quantum theory of binary alternatives (the so-called ur-theory), a unified quantum theoretical...

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Main Author: Weizsäcker, Carl F. von (Author)
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Other Authors: Görnitz, Thomas (Editor), Lyre, Holger (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edition:1st ed. 2006.
Series:Fundamental Theories of Physics, 155
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Quantum physics.
Philosophy and science.
Physics.
Gravitation.
Elementary particles (Physics).
Quantum field theory.
Thermodynamics.
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Table of Contents:
  • The unity of physics
  • The system of theories
  • Probability and abstract quantum theory
  • Quantum theory and spacetime
  • Models of particles and interaction
  • Cosmology and particle physics
  • Time and information
  • Irreversibility and entropy1
  • Information and evolution
  • On the interpretation of physics
  • The problem of the interpretation of quantum theory
  • The stream of information
  • Beyond quantum theory
  • In the language of philosophers.

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