Appearance and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Physics

by Peter Kosso

Book Overview

Appearance and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Physics addresses quantum mechanics and relativity and their philosophical implications, focusing on whether these theories of modern physics can help us know nature as it really is, or only as it appears to us. The author clearly explains the foundational concepts and principles of both quantum mechanics and relativity and then uses them to argue that we can know more than mere appearances,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195115155
• ISBN13: 9780195115154
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"