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Cambridge University Press From Physics to Metaphysics: The Tarner Lectures Delivered at Cambridge Under the Auspices of Trinity College in February 1993

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The book is drawn from the Tarner lectures, delivered in Cambridge in 1993. It is concerned with the ultimate nature of reality, and how this is revealed by modern physical theories such as relativity and quantum theory. The objectivity and rationality of science are defended against the views of relativists and social constructionists. It is claimed that modern physics gives us a tentative and fallible, but nevertheless rational, approach to the nature of physical reality. The role of subjectivity in science is examined in the fields of relativity theory, statistical mechanics and quantum theory, and recent claims of an essential role for human consciousness in physics are rejected. Prospects for a 'Theory of Everything' are considered, and the related question of how to assess scientific progress is carefully examined.

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Brand: Cambridge University Press
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Format: paperback
ASIN: 0521589665
Category: Books > Subjects > Science, Nature & Maths > History & Philosophy > History of Science
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Release Date: 15 August 1996
Listed Since: 04 January 2007

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