Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xii,210p ; 23cm. Notes; Includes index. Contents; 1. The ordered cosmos -- 2. Old beliefs and new ideas -- 3. Chaos -- 4. The search for a new order -- 5. The grand design -- 6. The age of reason -- 7. The age of experience -- 8. Problems : energy and ether -- 9. Revolution -- 10. Physics and metaphysics. Subjects; Geschichte 1050-1950. Science. Science Philosophy. Space and time History. Philosophy and science History. Religion and science History. Metaphysics History. 1 Kg.

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Title: Physics and metaphysics : theories of space and time / Jennifer Trusted
Publisher: London : Routledge
Publication Date: 1991
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0415059488
ISBN 13: 9780415059480
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition.

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Jennifer Trusted's new book argues that metaphysical beliefs are essential for scientific inquiry. The theories, presuppositions and beliefs that neither science nor everyday experience can justify are the realm of metaphysics, literally `beyond physics'. These basic beliefs form a framework for our activities and can be discovered in science, common sense and religion. By examining the history of science from the eleventh century to the present, this book shows how religious and mystical beliefs, as well as philosophical speculation have had a considerable role in motivating scientists and inspiring scientific inquiry.
Physics and Metaphysics presupposes no technical knowledge of either philosophy or science. It is an ideal introduction to science and the important forces that have shaped its history and ideas.

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