While the traditional approach to physical theories emphasizes the notion of physical 'quantity, ' this refreshing and challenging book shows that there is much to gain from relying rather on the notion of physical 'quality.' Tarantola makes the case that the usual physical quantities, which are employed in most postulated, are really just coordinates over the manifolds representing the physical qualities. The alternative approach enables the development...
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