GLIMPSING REALITY by Paul Buckley, F. David Peat ( 9780415474399 )

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Title:

GLIMPSING REALITY
IDEAS IN PHYSICS AND THE LINK TO BIOLOGY

By:

Paul Buckley, F. David Peat

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Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0415474396

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9780415474399

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

15 August, 2008

Series:

Routledge Library Editions: History & Philosophy of Science

Pages:

218

Description:

Explores issues which have shaped modern physics and which hint at what may form the scientific revolution. This book discusses the understanding of time and space, quantum and relativity theories and attempts to unite them and related questions in theoretical biology.

Synopsis:

Originally published in 1979. This reprints the revised and expanded edition of 1996. In this volume, physicists, biologists and chemists, who have been involved in some of the most exciting discoveries in modern scientific thought explore issues which have shaped modern physics and which hint at what may form the next scientific revolution. The major issues discussed are the understanding of time and space, quantum and relativity theories and recent attempts to unite them and related questions in theoretical biology.

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