Foundations of physics

This is not an introduction to physics but an analysis of its founda­ tions. Indeed, the aims of this book are: (1) to analyze the form and content of some of the key ideas of physics; (2) to formulate several basic physical theories in an explicit and orderly (i. e. , axiomatic) fashion; (3) to exh...

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Main Author: Bunge, Mario, 1919-2020
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin, New York, Springer-Verlag, 1967.
Series:Springer tracts in natural philosophy ; v. 10.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-306). 
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