The Laboratory of the Mind: Thought Experiments in the Natural Sciences
Routledge (1991)
| Abstract | The book concludes with chapters on the nature of Einstein's work and on the interpretation of quantum mechanics which stand as a test of the author's central ... | |||||||||
| Keywords | Physics Philosophy Thought experiments Quantum theory Science Methodology Rationalism Knowledge, Theory of | |||||||||
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| Call number | Q175.B7965 1991 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 0415996538 041599652X 0415095794 9780415996525 9780415095792 | |||||||||
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