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The book introduces a novel approach to the reduction of physical theories through a series of recursively constructed reductions rather than a fixed concept. This method allows for a flexible understanding of theory reduction, making it particularly useful for tackling complex cases in special and general relativity, thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and quantum mechanics. Organized systematically, it caters to both readers interested in the philosophy of science and physicists with limited philosophical background.
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The Reduction of Physical Theories, Erhard Scheibe
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- 2022
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- Title
- The Reduction of Physical Theories
- Subtitle
- A Contribution to the Unity of Physics Part 1: Foundations and Elementary Theory
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Erhard Scheibe
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Released
- 2022
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 260
- ISBN13
- 9783662649985
- Series
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- The book introduces a novel approach to the reduction of physical theories through a series of recursively constructed reductions rather than a fixed concept. This method allows for a flexible understanding of theory reduction, making it particularly useful for tackling complex cases in special and general relativity, thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and quantum mechanics. Organized systematically, it caters to both readers interested in the philosophy of science and physicists with limited philosophical background.