Type: Book 92 pp., black buckram bdg with gilt-stamped spine. The objevctivity and rationality of science are defended against the views of relativists and social constructivists.Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request. Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

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FROM PHYSICS TO METAPHYSICS The Tarner Lectures Delivered at Cambridge Under the Auspices of Trinity College in February 1993

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Publication Date

1995

Language

English

ISBN 10

0521474051

ISBN 13

9780521474054

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition.

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As New

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Drawn from the Tarner lectures delivered in Cambridge in 1993, this book deals with the ultimate nature of reality, and how this is revealed by modern physical theories such as relativity and quantum theory. The author examines subjectivity in science, and defends the objectivity and rationality of science against the views of relativists and social constructionists. An engaging discussion on the role of modern physics, including relativity theory, quantum theory and statistical mechanics, this book will interest popular science readers as well as students and professionals.

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Drawn from the Tarner lectures delivered in Cambridge in 1993, this study considers the ultimate nature of reality, and how it is revealed by modern physical theories such as relativity and quantum theory. It is an engaging discussion on the role of modern physics.

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