The Birth of Physics
The Birth of Physics represents a foundational work in the development of chaos theory from one of the world's most influential living theorists, Michel Serres. Focussing on the largest text still intact to reach us from the Atomists - Lucretius' De Rerum Natura - Serres mobilises everything we know about the related scientific work of the time (Archemides, Epicurus et al) in order to demand a complete reappraisal of the legacy. Crucial to his reconception of the Atomists' thought is a recognition that their model of atomic matter is essentially a fluid one - they are describing the actions of turbulence, which impacts our understanding of th…
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Weitere Autoren: Webb, David (Übers.) / Ross, William (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-78660-625-9
- EAN: 9781786606259
- Produktnummer: 24376227
- Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publ
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 233 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.4 cm 331 g
- Abbildungen: 2 Illustrations, black and white
- Gewicht: 331
- Sonstiges: Ab 19 - 22 J.
Über den Autor
Michel Serres is a Professor in the History of Science at Stanford University and a member of the Academie Francaise.
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