Old and New Questions in Physics, Cosmology, Philosophy, and Theoretical Biology [E-Book] : Essays in Honor of Wolfgang Yourgrau / edited by Alwyn van der Merwe.
Simply to say that this is a collection of essays in honor of the late Wolfgang Yourgrau (1908-1979) is to explain, at least for-the obviously many-"insiders," the unusually wide-ranging title of the present volume. In a Foreword to the Proceedings of the First International Colloquium (fo...
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Personal Name(s): | Merwe, Alwyn van der, editor |
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Boston, MA :
Springer,
1983
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XV, 920 p. online resource. |
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englisch |
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9781468488302 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-1-4684-8830-2 |
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- A: Current Problems in Physics and Cosmology
- 1 • On The Connections Between PICO- and Mega-Cosmos (According To The Unification and Geometrization Suggested by Einstein, Eddington, and Schrödinger
- 2 • The Zitterbewegung and The Einstein A Coefficient of Spontaneous Emission
- 3 • Supersymmetry Groups
- 4 • Relativistic Phase Space Arising out of the Dirac Algebra
- 5 • Why Mourn the Passing of Determinacy
- 6 • On The True Ideas Underlying Wave Mechanics
- 7 • CPT Invariance as Basic for Interpreting Quantum Mechanics
- 8 • The Hilbert Space Axiom in Quantum Mechanics
- 9 • The Cyclotron-Soliton Model of Terrestrial Kilometric Radiation
- 10 • Clumpy Irregular Galaxies: A Progress Report
- 11 • The Aporias of Cosmology and The Attempts at Overcoming Them by Nonstandard Models
- 12 • On Relativistic Quantum Theory
- 13 • Vacuum Tunneling in Static Space-Times
- 14 • On The Extensions of General Relativity
- 15 • Status and Perspectives of Cosmology
- 16 • The Connection Between The Objective Description of Macrosystems and Quantum Mechanics of “ Many Particles”
- 17 • The Current Theory of Strong interactions and The Problem of Quark Confinement
- 18 • Statistical Inference by Minimal Bures Distances
- 19 • The Knots of Quantum Thermodynamics
- 20 • About The Facts of Cosmological Significance
- 21 • Stochastic Interpretation of Relativistic Quantum Equations
- 22 • New Quantum Mechanics
- 23 • On Nonlinear Classical Dirac Fields and Quantum Physics
- 24 • Elementary Particles as Microuniverses
- 25 • Precision Mathematics and Approximation Mathematics in Physics
- 26 • Electroweak interaction in Polarized Electron-Positron and Electron-Electron Scattering
- 27 • Infinity and the Natural World
- 28 • Induced Superfluorescence and the Nature of the Wave- Particle Duality
- 29 • Breakdown of Predictability: an Investigation into the Nature of Singularities
- 30 • Wave Functions in One-Dimensional Disordered Systems with Long-Range Hopping
- 31 • Perception of Quantum Systems
- 32 • Stochastic Electrodynamics: an Overview
- 33 • On The Increase of Entropy in The Carleman Model II
- 34 • The Klein Paradox Revisited
- 35 • Einstein Nonlocality, Space-Time Structure, and Thermodyanics
- B. Issues in Biology, Philosophy, and the History of Science
- 1 • Biology and Physics: Reflections on Reductionism
- 2 • The Age of Analysis Reassessed
- 3 • Transphyletic Animal Similarities and Predictive Toxicology
- 4 • The Wronging of Wright
- 5 • On The Historical Development of the IndisTinguishability Concept for Microparticles
- 6 • Philosophical Semantics
- 7 • Social Exemplifications of Physical Principles
- 8 • Seneca’s Ethics Viewed From A Modern Standpoint
- 9 • Physics and Philosophy
- 10 • Einstein, Spinoza, and God
- 11 • The Satellites of Jupiter, From Galileo to Bradley
- 12 • Emergent Properties
- 13 • The Theory of Relativity and Our World View
- 14 • Science Beyond Science
- 15 • God as Cosmic Guest-Worker
- 16 • A Model of Reality as Mind
- 17 • A Matter of Chance
- 18 • On The Nature and Origin of Life
- 19 • Science, History, Philosophy, and World Views
- 20 • Queries About Inquiries
- 21 • The Nature of The Physical World
- 22 • Early Attempts at A Unitary Understanding of Nature
- Name Index.