Foundations of ScienceReprint of the original, first published in 1919. |
Contents
PART I | 6 |
CHAP | 21 |
THE NATURE OF LAWS | 38 |
THE NATURE OF LAWS contà | 56 |
THE DISCOVERY AND PROOF OF LAWS | 88 |
WIII THE MEANING OF SCIENCE | 215 |
SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY | 230 |
PART II | 267 |
NUMERICAL LAWS AND DERIVED MAGNITUDES | 328 |
UNITS AND DIMENSIONS | 361 |
THE USES OF DIMENSIONS 493 | 403 |
ERRORS OF MEASUREMENT METHODICAL ERRORS | 437 |
XVII ERRORS OF MEASUREMENT ERRORS OF CONSISTENCY | 457 |
MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS | 522 |
APPENDIX | 550 |
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