David Hilbert's Lectures on the Foundations of Physics 1915-1927 Relativity, Quantum Theory and Epistemology /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sauer, Tilman. (Editor), Majer, Ulrich. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Science > Philosophy.; Mathematics_$xHistory.; Quantum theory.; Mechanics.; History of Mathematics.; Quantum Physics.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Philosophy of Science.
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Volume 5 has three parts, dealing with General Relativity, Epistemological Issues, and Quantum Mechanics. The core of the first part is Hilberts two semester lecture course on The Foundations of Physics (1916/17). This is framed by Hilberts published First and Second Communications on the Fou...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• 1.The Foundations of Physics: The Mitteilungen (1915 and 1917)
• 2.The Foundations of Physics: The Lectures (19161917)
• 3.The Foundations of Physics: Specific Topics (19151918)
• 4.Epistemological Questions of Physics (1921 and 1923)
• 5.Lectures on Radiation Theory and Quantum Theory (1912)
• 6.Lectures on Quantum Theory (192223 and 192627)
• Bibliography
• Index.