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Werner Heisenberg, Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science (Minkowski Institute Press, Montreal), 189 pages. ISBN: 978-1-989970-90-4 (ebook) - $7.00 ISBN: 978-1-989970-89-8 (softcover) - $18.00 ISBN: 978-1-989970-91-1 (hardcover) - $25.00 Edited by Vesselin Petkov Buy the ebook (PDF with hyperlinks) Published on 27 January 2022

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Werner Heisenberg, Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science (George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London 1959).

The subjects discussed in the book are:

1 An Old and a New Tradition

2 The History of Quantum Theory

3 The Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Theory

4 Quantum Theory and the Roots of Atomic Science

5 The Development of Philosophical Ideas Since Descartes in Comparison with the New Situation in Quantum Theory

6 The Relation of Quantum Theory to Other Parts of Natural Science

7 The Theory of Relativity

8 Criticism and Counter-proposals to the Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Theory

9 Quantum Theory and the Structure of Matter

10 Language and Reality in Modern Physics

11 The Role of Modern Physics in the Present Development of Human Thinking

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