EAN: 9783319036670

CARL FRIEDRICH VON WEIZSÄCKER MAJOR TEXTS IN PH...

This book presents a collection of texts by the German physicist and philosopher Carl Friedrich
von Weizsäcker (1912-2007)  for use in seminars on the history  epistemology and structure of
physics. Most texts appear in English for the first time. Weizsäcker became famous through his
works in physics  mainly in the early development of nuclear physics. Later he would also
become well known as a philosopher and analyst of contemporary culture. Texts include the
original publications of the Weizsäcker-Bethe formula of nuclear masses and the
Bethe-Weizsäcker cycle  which explains the source of energy in the sun  both were developed by
Bethe at the same time and independently of Weizsäcker. Further texts deal with Weizsäcker's
explanation of the origin of planets  his explanation of the time arrow in Statistical
Mechanics and his analyses of Quantum Mechanics and the structure of physics in general.

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