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Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Major Texts in Physics

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Michael Drieschner

    1. München, Germany

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  • Texts by one of the most important physicists of the 20th century, available in English for the first time
  • Selection of essential texts for use in studies of the history and epistemology of physics
  • Original texts as a source of further discussions on the foundations of quantum mechanics and the structure of physics
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice (BRIEFSPIONEER, volume 22)

Part of the book sub series: Texts and Protocols (BRIEFSTEXTS)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Major Texts in Physics—A Brief Introduction by the Editor

    • Michael Drieschner
    Pages 1-6

  3. On Elementary Transmutations in the Interior of Stars: Paper II (1937)

    • Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
    Pages 7-29

  4. The Formation of the Planetary System

    • Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
    Pages 30-43

  5. The History of Nature, Introduction

    • Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
    Pages 44-52

  6. The Second Law and the Difference Between Past and Future

    • Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
    Pages 53-61

  7. A Sketch of the Unity of Physics

    • Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
    Pages 62-73

  8. Quantum Theory

    • Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
    Pages 74-109

  9. Probability and Abstract Quantum Theory

    • Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
    Pages 110-129

  10. The Philosophy of Alternatives

    • Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
    Pages 131-145

  11. Matter and Consciousness

    • Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
    Pages 146-152

  12. Matter, Energy, Information

    • Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
    Pages 153-171

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 173-189
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About this book

This book presents a collection of texts by the German physicist and philosopher Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912-2007), for use in seminars on the history, epistemology and structure of physics. Most texts appear in English for the first time. Weizsäcker became famous through his works in physics, mainly in the early development of nuclear physics. Later he would also become well known as a philosopher and analyst of contemporary culture. Texts include the original publications of the “Weizsäcker-Bethe formula” of nuclear masses and the “Bethe-Weizsäcker cycle,” which explains the source of energy in the sun; both were developed by Bethe at the same time and independently of Weizsäcker. Further texts deal with Weizsäcker’s explanation of the origin of planets, his explanation of the “time arrow” in Statistical Mechanics and his analyses of Quantum Mechanics and the structure of physics in general.

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  • München, Germany

    Michael Drieschner

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