Einstein Physics And Reality

Author : Jagdish Mehra
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789810239138

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Einstein, Physics and Reality by Jagdish Mehra Pdf

Albert Einstein was one of the principal founders of the quantum and relativity theories. Until 1925, when Bose-Einstein statistics was discovered, he made great contributions to the foundations of quantum theory. However, after the discovery of quantum mechanics by Heisenberg and wave mechanics by Schrodinger, with the consequent development of the principles of uncertainty and complementarity, it would seem that Einstein's views completely changed. In his theory of the Brownian motion, Einstein had invoked the theory of probability to establish the reality of atoms and molecules; but, in 1916-17, when he wished to predict the exact instant when an atom would radiate -- and developed his theory of the A and B coefficients -- "a statistical residue remained," which he did not quite have the courage of his convictions to accept, as he told his friend Max Born. However, he wrote later to Born that quantum mechanics "is certainly imposing," but "an inner voice tells me that it is not the real thing ... It does,not bring us closer to the secret of the 'Old One'. I, at any rate, am convinced that He is not playing at dice." At the 1927 and 1930 Solvay Conferences on Physics in Brussels, Einstein engaged in profound discussions with Niels Bohr and others about his conviction regarding classical determinism versus the statistical causality of quantum mechanics. To the end of his life he retained his belief in a deterministic philosophy. This highly interesting book explores Einstein's views on the nature and structure of physics and reality.

Author : Roger G Newton
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814338523

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How Physics Confronts Reality by Roger G Newton Pdf

This book recalls, for nonscientific readers, the history of quantum mechanics, the main points of its interpretation, and Einstein's objections to it, together with the responses engendered by his arguments. Most popular discussions on the strange aspects of quantum mechanics ignore the fundamental fact that Einstein was correct in his insistence that the theory does not directly describe reality. While that fact does not remove the theory's counterintuitive features, it casts them in a different light. Context is provided by following the history of two central aspects of physics: the elucidation of the basic structure of the world made up of particles, and the explanation, as well as the prediction, of how objects move. This history, prior to quantum mechanics, reveals that whereas theories and discoveries concerning the "structure" of nature became increasingly realistic, the laws of motion, even as they became more powerful, became more and more abstract and remote from intuitive notions of reality. Newton's laws of motion gained their abstract power by sacrificing direct and intuitive contact with real experience. Arriving 250 years after Newton, the break with a direct description of reality embodied in quantum mechanics was nevertheless profound.Contents: Some Quantum HistoryRules and InterpretationsEinstein's DefectionFrom Atomism to Real ParticlesLaws of MotionFieldsNew Particles and Their Quantum OriginsAtoms, Inside and OutMethods and Underpinnings Readership: Academics and students in physics and the general public.

Author : Peter C. Aichelburg,Roman U. Sexl
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783322910806

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Albert Einstein by Peter C. Aichelburg,Roman U. Sexl Pdf

The Development of the Theory of Relativity.- Cosmology.- Gravitational Radiation.- Black Holes.- The Black Hole: An Imaginary Conversation with Albert Einstein.- Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Realty Be Considered Complete.- Einstein's Contribution to Statistical Mechanics.- "On the History of the Special Relativity Theory".- Einstein's Model for Constructing a Scientific Theory.- Einstein's Treatment of Theoretical Concepts.- Einstein's Importance to Physics, Philosophy and Politics.- Einstein and Zionism.- Birth and Rôle of the GRG-Organization and the Cultivation of Interna.

Author : Albert Einstein
Publisher : Vladimir Djambov
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Physics and Reality (Theory of Relativity) by Albert Einstein Pdf

“Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice. https://vidjambov.blogspot.com/2023/01/book-inventory-vladimir-djambov-talmach.html Physics and Reality. 4 PRINCIPLES OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS. 4 PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.. 6 § 2. Mechanics and attempts to base all physics on it 9 § 3. Field concept 16 § 4. Theory of relativity. 19 § 5. Quantum theory and fundamentals of physics. 24 § 6. Relativity and particles. 31 Summary. 33 CURRENT STATE OF THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY. 34 III 35 IV. 36 EVOLUTION OF PHYSICS. 37 DEVELOPMENT OF AN IDEA FROM ORIGINAL CONCEPTS TO THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY AND QUANTUM.. 37 I. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MECHANISTIC VIEW. 37 PHILOSOPHICAL VIEWS. 45 THE EVOLUTION OF PHYSICS IN EINSTEIN'S VIEW... 49 WHAT WAS EINSTEIN'S PHILOSOPHY?. 73 Physics in the 20-th Century. 107 /afterword by Victor Frederick Weiskopf/ QUANTUM LADDER*. 107

Author : Albert Einstein
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781453265789

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The Theory of Relativity by Albert Einstein Pdf

E=mc2 is the world’s most famous equation. Discover the thought process and physics behind general relativity and Einstein’s contribution to science, in this authorized edition. In this collection of his seven most important essays on physics, Einstein guides his reader step-by-step through the many layers of scientific theory that formed a starting point for his discoveries. By both supporting and refuting the theories and scientific efforts of his predecessors, Einstein reveals in a clear voice the origins and meaning of such significant topics as physics and reality, the fundamentals of theoretical physics, the common language of science, the laws of science and of ethics, and an elementary derivation of the equivalence of mass and energy. This remarkable collection allows the general reader to understand not only the significance of Einstein’s masterpiece, but also the brilliant mind behind it. This authorized ebook features a new introduction by Neil Berger and an illustrated biography of Albert Einstein, which includes rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Author : Partha Ghose
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134859344

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Einstein, Tagore and the Nature of Reality by Partha Ghose Pdf

The nature of reality has been a long-debated issue among scientists and philosophers. In 1930, Rabindranath Tagore and Albert Einstein had a long conversation on the nature of reality. This conversation has been widely quoted and discussed by scientists, philosophers and scholars from the literary world. The important question that Tagore and Einstein discussed was whether the world is a unity dependent on humanity, or the world is a reality independent on the human factor. Einstein took the stand adopted by Western philosophers and mathematicians, namely that reality is something independent of the mind and the human factor. Tagore, on the other hand, adopted the opposite view. Nevertheless, both Einstein and Tagore claimed to be realists despite the fundamental differences between their conceptions of reality. Where does the difference lie? Can it be harmonized at some deeper level? Can Wittgenstein, for example, be a bridge between the two views? This collection of essays explores these two fundamentally different conceptions of the nature of reality from the perspectives of theories of space-time, quantum theory, general philosophy of science, cognitive science and mathematics.

Author : Claus Kiefer
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030470371

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Albert Einstein, Boris Podolsky, Nathan Rosen by Claus Kiefer Pdf

The work published by Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen (EPR) in 1935 is a classic in modern physics. It discusses, for the first time, the central feature of the quantum theory: entanglement. In general, systems are intertwined with each other in nature; that is, they have only one common, non-divisible state. This fact is responsible for all the oddities commonly associated with quantum theory, including the famous thought experiments with Schrödinger’s cat and Wigner’s friend. The entanglement of quantum mechanics plays a central role in experiments with atoms and photons (Nobel Prize 2012 for Haroche and Wineland) and the planned construction of quantum computers. This book presents EPR’s original work amplified with a detailed commentary, which examines both the historical context and all aspects of entanglement. In particular, it focuses on the interpretation of quantum theory and its consequences for a basic understanding of nature.

Author : Lee Smolin
Publisher : Knopf Canada
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780345809124

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Einstein's Unfinished Revolution by Lee Smolin Pdf

A daring new vision of the quantum universe, and the scandals controversies, and questions that may illuminate our future--from Canada's leading mind on contemporary physics. Quantum physics is the golden child of modern science. It is the basis of our understanding of atoms, radiation, and so much else, from elementary particles and basic forces to the behaviour of materials. But for a century it has also been the problem child of science, plagued by intense disagreements between its intellectual giants, from Albert Einstein to Stephen Hawking, over the strange paradoxes and implications that seem like the stuff of fantasy. Whether it's Schrödinger's cat--a creature that is simultaneously dead and alive--or a belief that the world does not exist independently of our observations of it, quantum theory is what challenges our fundamental assumptions about our reality. In Einstein's Unfinished Revolution, globally renowned theoretical physicist Lee Smolin provocatively argues that the problems which have bedeviled quantum physics since its inception are unsolved for the simple reason that the theory is incomplete. There is more, waiting to be discovered. Our task--if we are to have simple answers to our simple questions about the universe we live in--must be to go beyond it to a description of the world on an atomic scale that makes sense. In this vibrant and accessible book, Smolin takes us on a journey through the basics of quantum physics, introducing the stories of the experiments and figures that have transformed the field, before wrestling with the puzzles and conundrums that they present. Along the way, he illuminates the existing theories about the quantum world that might solve these problems, guiding us toward his own vision that embraces common sense realism. If we are to have any hope of completing the revolution that Einstein began nearly a century ago, we must go beyond quantum mechanics as we know it to find a theory that will give us a complete description of nature. In Einstein's Unfinished Revolution, Lee Smolin brings us a step closer to resolving one of the greatest scientific controversies of our age.

Author : Manjit Kumar
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010-05-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780393080094

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Quantum: Einstein, Bohr, and the Great Debate about the Nature of Reality by Manjit Kumar Pdf

"A lucid account of quantum theory (and why you should care) combined with a gripping narrative." —San Francisco Chronicle Quantum theory is weird. As Niels Bohr said, if you weren’t shocked by quantum theory, you didn’t really understand it. For most people, quantum theory is synonymous with mysterious, impenetrable science. And in fact for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselves. In this tour de force of science history, Manjit Kumar gives a dramatic and superbly written account of this fundamental scientific revolution, focusing on the central conflict between Einstein and Bohr over the nature of reality and the soul of science. This revelatory book takes a close look at the golden age of physics, the brilliant young minds at its core—and how an idea ignited the greatest intellectual debate of the twentieth century.

Author : Einstein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1971-11-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521083710

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The Evolution of Physics by Einstein Pdf

Author : Lincoln Barnett,Albert Einstein
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780486445199

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The Universe and Dr. Einstein by Lincoln Barnett,Albert Einstein Pdf

Acclaimed by Einstein himself, this is among the clearest, most readable expositions of relativity theory. It explains the problems Einstein faced, the experiments that led to his theories, and what his findings reveal about the forces that govern the universe. 1957 edition.

Author : Robert Bartnik
Publisher : University Press of New England
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : UOM:39015037779033

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Einstein, Mathematics and Reality by Robert Bartnik Pdf

Author : Dipankar Home,Andrew Whitaker
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007-11-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387715209

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Einstein’s Struggles with Quantum Theory by Dipankar Home,Andrew Whitaker Pdf

This book presents an account of all aspects of Einstein’s achievements in quantum theory, his own views, and the progress his work has stimulated since his death. While some chapters use mathematics at an undergraduate physics level, a path is provided for the reader more concerned with ideas than equations, and the book will benefit to anybody interested in Einstein and his approach to the quantum.

Author : Thomas Ryckman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351707893

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Einstein by Thomas Ryckman Pdf

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) was the most influential physicist of the 20th century. Less well known is that fundamental philosophical problems, such as concept formation, the role of epistemology in developing and explaining the character of physical theories, and the debate between positivism and realism, played a central role in his thought as a whole. Thomas Ryckman shows that already at the beginning of his career - at a time when the twin pillars of classical physics, Newtonian mechanics and Maxwell’s electromagnetism were known to have but limited validity - Einstein sought to advance physical theory by positing certain physical principles as secure footholds. That philosophy produced his greatest triumph, the general theory of relativity, and his greatest failure, an unwillingness to accept quantum mechanics. This book shows that Einstein’s philosophy grew from a lifelong aspiration for a unified theoretical representation encompassing all physical phenomena. It also considers how Einstein’s theories of relativity and criticisms of quantum theory shaped the course of 20th-century philosophy of science. Including a chronology, glossary, chapter summaries, and suggestions for further reading, Einstein is an ideal introduction to this iconic figure in 20th-century science and philosophy. It is essential reading for students of philosophy of science, and is also suitable for those working in related areas such as physics, history of science, or intellectual history.

Author : Carlo Rovelli
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780735213944

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Reality Is Not What It Seems by Carlo Rovelli Pdf

“The man who makes physics sexy . . . the scientist they’re calling the next Stephen Hawking.” —The Times Magazine From the New York Times–bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, The Order of Time, and Helgoland, a closer look at the mind-bending nature of the universe. What are the elementary ingredients of the world? Do time and space exist? And what exactly is reality? Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli has spent his life exploring these questions. He tells us how our understanding of reality has changed over the centuries and how physicists think about the structure of the universe today. In elegant and accessible prose, Rovelli takes us on a wondrous journey from Democritus to Albert Einstein, from Michael Faraday to gravitational waves, and from classical physics to his own work in quantum gravity. As he shows us how the idea of reality has evolved over time, Rovelli offers deeper explanations of the theories he introduced so concisely in Seven Brief Lessons on Physics. This book culminates in a lucid overview of quantum gravity, the field of research that explores the quantum nature of space and time, seeking to unify quantum mechanics and general relativity. Rovelli invites us to imagine a marvelous world where space breaks up into tiny grains, time disappears at the smallest scales, and black holes are waiting to explode—a vast universe still largely undiscovered.