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- Contains both historical and philosophical analyses of the relationship between mathematics and physics
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Table of contents (15 papers)
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Front Matter
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Mathematics and Physics: Reflecting on the Historical Role of Mathematics
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Mathematics and Physics: Reflecting on Their Interaction
About this book
Even though mathematics and physics have been related for centuries and this relation appears to be unproblematic, there are many questions still open: Is mathematics really necessary for physics, or could physics exist without mathematics? Should we think physically and then add the mathematics apt to formalise our physical intuition, or should we think mathematically and then interpret physically the obtained results? Do we get mathematical objects by abstraction from real objects, or vice versa? Why is mathematics effective into physics?
These are all relevant questions, whose answers are necessary to fully understand the status of physics, particularly of contemporary physics.
The aim of this book is to offer plausible answers to such questions through both historical analyses of relevant cases, and philosophical analyses of the relations between mathematics and physics.
Editors and Affiliations
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University of Padova, Italy
Giovanni Boniolo
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The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
Paolo Budinich
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University of Rijeka, Croatia
Majda Trobok
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Role of Mathematics in Physical Sciences
Book Subtitle: Interdisciplinary and Philosophical Aspects
Editors: Giovanni Boniolo, Paolo Budinich, Majda Trobok
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3107-6
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-3106-9Published: 10 March 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6794-4Published: 06 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-3107-6Published: 22 July 2005
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 244
Topics: Mathematical Methods in Physics, Philosophy of Science, History of Mathematical Sciences, Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics