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Science and Cultural Crisis : An Intellectual Biography of Percy Williams Bridgman (1882-1961) by Maila L. Walter (1990, Hardcover)

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Science and Cultural Crisis: An Intellectual Biography of Percy Williams Bridgman (1882-1961) by Walter, Maila L. [Hardcover]

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Product Identifiers

PublisherStanford University Press

ISBN-100804717966

ISBN-139780804717960

eBay Product ID (ePID)487254

Product Key Features

Number of Pages376 Pages

Publication NameScience and Cultural Crisis : an Intellectual Biography of Percy Williams Bridgman (1882-1961)

LanguageEnglish

SubjectGeneral, Physics / General, Science & Technology

Publication Year1990

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaScience, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorMaila L. Walter

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight21.8 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN90-030511

Dewey Edition20

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal530/.092 B

Table Of ContentIntroductionPart I. A Career in Physics: 1. Percy Williams Bridgman: Harvard physicist2. The experimental method: pioneering a research program3. Theory and the generation gap: explaining metallic conductionPart II. The Meaning of Measurement: 4. Dimensional analysis: the building blocks of physical reality5. The shadow of Einstein: relativity and the operational methodPart III. Operational Reasoning and the Tyranny of Language: 6. Wordless truth: deliverance from the idolatry of language7. The positivists and the behaviourists: defining away private experiencePart IV. Measurement and Communication: 8. Quantum mechanics: signals from beyond the 'here and now'9. Thermodynamics: the outer bounds of physical knowledgePart V. Science as a Vocation: 10. Puritan logic and the politics of science: neither shalt thou serve their gods11. The broken covenant: science, society, and individual freedomNotesBibliographyIndex.

LC Classification NumberQC16