Gauging what's real: the conceptual foundations of contemporary gauge theories
Auteur :
Healey, Richard
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199576937
Date de publication :
22 oct. 2009
Dimensions :
21,0 x 15,0 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
484 g
Format :
book
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This is a prize-winning study of an area of physics not previously explored by philosophy: gauge theory. Gauge theories have provided our most successful representations of the fundamental forces of nature. But how do such representations work? Healey defends an original answer to this question.