Boris Hessen : physics and philosophy in the Soviet Union, 1927-1931 : neglected debates on emergence and reduction

Boris Hessen : physics and philosophy in the Soviet Union, 1927-1931 : neglected debates on emergence and reduction / Chris Talbot, Olga Pattison, editors ; edited and translated by Chris Talbot and Olga Pattison.

This book presents key works of Boris Hessen, outstanding Soviet philosopher of science, available here in English for the first time. Quality translations are accompanied by an editors' introduction and annotations. Boris Hessen is known in history of science circles for his "Social and E...

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Main Author: Hessen, Boris (Author)
Other Authors: Talbot, Chris (Editor, Translator), Pattison, Olga (Editor, Translator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Russian
Published: Cham : Springer, [2021]
Series:History of physics (Springer (Firm))
Subjects:
Physics > Philosophy.
Physics > Philosophy
Online Access:Click for online access
Uniform Title:Works.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Fifth Congress of Russian Physicists
  • 3. On Comrade Timiryazevs Attitude to Modern Science
  • 4. On the Bicentenary of Isaac Newtons Death. Foreword to the Articles by A. Einstein and J.J. Thomson
  • 5. Marian Smoluchowski (On the tenth anniversary of his death)
  • 6. Mechanical Materialism and Modern Physics (Section 1)
  • 7. Mechanical Materialism and Modern Physics (Section 2).

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