Inconsistency, asymmetry, and non-locality: a philosophical investigation of classical electrodynamics
Auteur :
Frisch, Mathias
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195172157
Date de publication :
19 mai 2005
Dimensions :
24,4 x 16,3 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
458 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Designed to show that classical physics, while successful in describing phenomena, has interesting conceptual problems worth discussing. This book also views that electrodynamics leaves out some aspects of scientific theorizing, namely that the notion that consistency is over-valued, and that an inconsistent theory can still be successful.