00000nam a2200000 i 4500 UP-8027390931316415361 Buklod 20251107142745.0 m |o d | cr ||||||||||| 251107s2021 enk agr b|||| u|eng d 9780198814320 (paperback) 21749155 SS-12831 Golden Books 1,250.00 Department of Philosophy DLC DMLS rda eng DMLUC QC 6 W35 2021 Wallace, David 1976- author. Philosophy of physics a very short introduction David Wallace. First edition. Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford University Press 2021. ©2021 142 pages illustrations 18 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Very short introductions 668 Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-138) and index. The methods and fruits of science -- Motion and inertia -- Relativity and its philosophy -- Reduction and irreversibility -- Mysteries of the quantum -- Interpreting the quantum. Philosophy of Physics: A Very Short Introduction explores the core topics of philosophy of physics through three key themes: the nature of space and time; the origin of irreversibility and probability in the physics of large systems; how we can make sense of quantum mechanics. Central issues discussed include: the scientific method as it applies in modern physics; the distinction between absolute and relative motion; the way that distinction changes between Newton's physics and special relativity; what spacetime is and how it relates to the laws of physics; how fundamental physics can make no distinction between past and future and yet a clear distinction exists in the world we see around us; why it is so difficult to understand quantum mechanics, and why doing so might push us to change our fundamental physics, to rethink the nature of science, or even to accept the existence of parallel universes. -- Provided by publisher. Quantum theory. Physics Philosophy. Very short introductions 668. FO UPD DMLS QC 6 W35 2021 Book