Synopses & Reviews
Nontechnical essays on hypothesis in physical theory, concept of number, magnitude, force, intuition vs. logic, more. Chapters include "On the Nature of Mathematical Reasoning," "Mathematical Magnitude and Experiment," "Non-Euclidean Geometries," "Space and Geometry," "Experiment and Geometry," The Classical Mechanics," "Energy and Thermo-Dynamics," "Hypotheses in Physics," and "The Calculus of Probabilities."
Synopsis
Nontechnical essays on hypothesis in physical theory, concept of number, magnitude, force, intuition vs. logic, more. Chapters include "On the Nature of Mathematical Reasoning," "Mathematical Magnitude and Experiment," "Non-Euclidean Geometries," "Space and Geometry," "Experiment and Geometry," The Classical Mechanics," "Energy and Thermo-Dynamics," "Hypotheses in Physics," and "The Calculus of Probabilities."
Table of Contents
TRANSLATOR'S NOTE
INTRODUCTION
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
PART I. NUMBER AND MAGNITUDE.
CHAPTER I. ON THE NATURE OF MATHEMATICAL REASONING
CHAPTER II. MATHEMATICAL MAGNITUDE AND EXPERIMENT
PART II. SPACE.
CHAPTER III. NON-EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRIES
CHAPTER IV. SPACE AND GEOMETRY
CHAPTER V. EXPERIMENT AND GEOMETRY
PART III. FORCE.
CHAPTER VI. THE CLASSICAL MECHANICS
CHAPTER VII. RELATIAVE AND ABSOLUTE MOTION
CHAPTER VIII. ENERGY AND THERMO-DYNAMICS
PART IV. NATURE.
CHAPTER IX. HYPOTHESES IN PHYSICS
CHAPTER X. THE THEORIES OF MODERN PHYSICS
CHAPTER XI. THE CALCULUS OF PROBABILITIES
CHAPTER XII. OPTICS AND ELECTRICITY
CHAPTER XIII. ELECTRO-DYNAMICS