Heisenberg's 1958 Weltformel and the Roots of Post-Empirical Physics

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-20644-4
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 66 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 131 g

Reihe: SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology

This book presents the first detailed account of Werner Heisenberg’s failed attempt to find a theory of everything in the autumn of his career. It further investigates what we can learn from his failure in relation to the search for a final theory of physics, an endeavour that continues to define research in fundamental physics to this day. Thereby it provides the first historically informed contribution to the current debate on post-empirical physics and the state of particle physics.

Zielgruppe

Graduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blum, Alexander S.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Theoretische Physik, Mathematische Physik, Computerphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Teilchenphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Geschichte der Physik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- The origins of Heisenberg's program.- Heisenberg Triumphant.- Reception and Rejection.- Conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

Alexander S. Blum received a PhD in theoretical particle physics from the University of Heidelberg in 2009. He then moved to the history of science, joining the Max Planck Institute in Berlin in 2010. In 2018 he started his own Max Planck Research Group, entitled "Historical Epistemology of the Final Theory Program."