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OverviewBL Contains a hitherto untranslated paper by Einstein. The vacuum is fast emerging as the central structure of modern physics. How is this possible? What is the vacuum concept, and why is it so important? This collection brings together philosophically-minded specialists who engage these issues in the context of classical gravity, quantum electrodynamics, and the grand unification programme. The vacuum emerges as the synthesis of concepts of space, time, and matter; in the context of relativity and the quantum this new synthesis represents a structure of the most intricate and novel complexity. The Philosophy of Vacuum is unashamedly a project in metaphysics. The science of our time has transformed the concepts of space and time and of force and matter, yet the philosophy of Bohr and his school has found small purchase on the contemporary concerns of physics, and there are few guidelines to be found within the empiricist tradition of contemporary philosophy. However slippery the conundrums of metaphysical realism, the message of contemporary science remains the same: concepts and heuristics are grounded in consideration of what exists in the world. Here, then, is a work in modern metaphysics, in which the concepts of substance and space interweave in the most intangible of forms, the background and context of our physical experience: vacuum, void or nothingness. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Simon Saunders (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Harvard University) , Harvey R. Brown (University Lecturer in Philosophy of Physics and Fellow, University Lecturer in Philosophy of Physics and Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.30cm Weight: 0.481kg ISBN: 9780198244493ISBN 10: 0198244495 Pages: 300 Publication Date: 13 June 1991 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsSimon Saunders: Introduction; Albert Einstein: On the ether; R. Penrose: The mass of the classical vacuum; Simon Saunders & Harvey R. Brown: Reflections on ether; Simon Saunders: The negative-energy sea; Gordon N. Fleming: The vacuum on null planes; D.W. Sciama: The physical significance of the vacuum state of a quantum field; I.J.R. Aitchison: The vacuum and unification; Robert Weingard: Making everything out of nothing; B.J. Hiley: Vacuum or holomovement; David Finklestein: Theory of vacuum; Michael Atiyah: Topology of the vacuum; Peter J. Braam: How empty is the vacuum?; Index.ReviewsThe ideas expressed by the physicists are in many cases very interesting and challenging ... A very interesting collection Metascience 1992, No 2 For those with the necessary expertise, this book will provide an illuminating and authoritative exposition of a many-sided subject. Times Literary Supplement A very interesting collection Metascience, 1992, No. 2 useful collection ... This collection is a valuable one because it contains, in addition to what is implied by the title, readable discussions of the ideas behind much of the frontier of physics as the twentieth century draws to a close. C.W. Kilmister, International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 8, No. 2, 1994 useful collection ... This collection is a valuable one because it contains, in addition to what is implied by the title, readable discussions of the ideas behind much of the frontier of physics as the twentieth century draws to a close. * C.W. Kilmister, International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 8, No. 2, 1994 * A very interesting collection * Metascience, 1992, No. 2 * For those with the necessary expertise, this book will provide an illuminating and authoritative exposition of a many-sided subject. * Times Literary Supplement * The ideas expressed by the physicists are in many cases very interesting and challenging ... A very interesting collection * Metascience 1992, No 2 * Physicists will find it extremely interesting, covering, as it does, technical subjects in an accessible way....For those with the necessary expertise, this book will provide an illuminating and authoritative exposition of a many-sided subject. --John D. Barrow, Times Literary Supplement<br> Well done. . . --American Journal of Physics<br> Physicists will find it extremely interesting, covering, as it does, technical subjects in an accessible way....For those with the necessary expertise, this book will provide an illuminating and authoritative exposition of a many-sided subject. --John D. Barrow, Times Literary Supplement Well done. . . --American Journal of Physics Physicists will find it extremely interesting, covering, as it does, technical subjects in an accessible way....For those with the necessary expertise, this book will provide an illuminating and authoritative exposition of a many-sided subject. --John D. Barrow, Times Literary Supplement Well done. . . --American Journal of Physics Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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