Theory Construction and Selection in Modern Physics: The S Matrix

by James T. Cushing

Book Overview

One of the major philosophical problems in physical sciences is what criteria should determine how scientific theories are selected and justified in practice and whether, in describing observable physical phenomena, such theories are effectively constrained to be unique. This book studies the example of a particular theory, the S-matrix theory. The S-matrix program was initiated by Heisenberg to deal with difficulties encountered in quantum field...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521017300
• ISBN13: 9780521017305
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 428 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"