The concepts and theories of modern physics

The concepts and theories of modern physics / by J.B. Stallo ; edited by Percy W. Bridgman.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stallo, J. B. (John Bernhard), 1823-1900
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, ©1960.
Series:John Harvard library.
Subjects:
Physics > Philosophy.
Force and energy.
Force and energy
Physics > Philosophy
Fisica (Filosofia)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION AND PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
  • I. INTRODUCTORY
  • II. FIRST PRINCIPLES OF THE MECHANICAL THEORY OF THE UNIVERSE
  • III. THE PROPOSITION THAT THE ELEMENTARY UNITS OF MASS ARE EQUAL
  • IV. THE PROPOSITION THAT THE ELEMENTARY UNITS OF MASS ARE ABSOLUTELY HARD AND INELASTIC
  • V. THE PROPOSITION THAT THE ELEMENTARY UNITS OF MASS ARE ABSOLUTELY INERT
  • VI. THE PROPOSITION THAT ALL POTENTIAL ENERGY IS IN REALITY KINETIC
  • EVOLUTION OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY
  • VII. THE THEORY OF THE ATOMIC CONSTITUTION OF MATTER
  • VIII. THE KINETIC THEORY OF GASES
  • CONDITIONS OF THE VALIDITY OF SCIENTIFIC HYPOTHESES
  • IX. THE RELATION OF THOUGHTS TO THINGS
  • THE FORMATION OF CONCEPTS
  • METAPHYSICAL THEORIES
  • [. CHARACTER AND ORIGIN OF THE MECHANICAL THEORY
  • ITS EXEMPLIFICATION OF THE FIRST AND SECOND RADICAL ERRORS OF METAPHYSICS
  • XI. CHARACTER AND ORIGIN OF THE MECHANICAL THEORY (CONTINUED)
  • ITS EXEMPLIFICATION OF THE THIRD RADICAL ERROR OF METAPHYSICS
  • XII. CHARACTER AND ORIGIN OF THE MECHANICAL THEORY (CONTINUED)
  • ITS EXEMPLIFICATION OF THE FOURTH RADICAL ERROR OF METAPHYSICS
  • 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
  • XIV. METAGEOMETRICAL SPACE IN THE LIGHT OF MODERN ANALYSIS
  • RIEMANN'S ESSAY
  • XV. COSMOLOGIC AL AND COSMOGENETIC SPECULATIONS
  • THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS
  • XVI. CONCLUSION
  • INDEX OF NAMES
  • Backmatter.

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