Philosophy, Epistemology and History of Science I+II
... favor of relationalism, our best physical theories – starting with Newtonian gravity – are not purely relational theories but presuppose an absolute background space. Attempts to formulate classical mechanics as a relational theory, in accordance with the philosophy of Leibniz and Mach (1919), leads ...
... favor of relationalism, our best physical theories – starting with Newtonian gravity – are not purely relational theories but presuppose an absolute background space. Attempts to formulate classical mechanics as a relational theory, in accordance with the philosophy of Leibniz and Mach (1919), leads ...
Notes for Class Meeting 19: Uncertainty
... relationship, to a single and absolutely precise momentum. However, it extends over all space. If you want to localize the wave, you have to combine several different wavelengths, and thus have some uncertainty in its momentum. The more the wave is localized in space, the more uncertain the momentum ...
... relationship, to a single and absolutely precise momentum. However, it extends over all space. If you want to localize the wave, you have to combine several different wavelengths, and thus have some uncertainty in its momentum. The more the wave is localized in space, the more uncertain the momentum ...
Effective Topological Field Theories in Condensed Matter Physics
... The search for new states of matter The search for new elements led to a golden age of chemistry. The search for new particles led to the golden age of particle physics. In condensed matter physics, we ask what are the fundamental states of matter? In the classical world we have solid, liquid and g ...
... The search for new states of matter The search for new elements led to a golden age of chemistry. The search for new particles led to the golden age of particle physics. In condensed matter physics, we ask what are the fundamental states of matter? In the classical world we have solid, liquid and g ...
