Scientific Uncertainty and Information

✍ Scribed by Leon Brillouin (Auth.)

Publisher: Elsevier Inc
Year: 1964
Tongue: English
Leaves: 167
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
INTRODUCTION, Pages vii-x
Chapter I - THERMODYNAMICS, STATISTICS, AND INFORMATION, Pages 3-15
Chapter II - THE IMPORTANCE OF SCIENTIFIC LAWS, Pages 16-31
Chapter III - MATHEMATICAL THEOREMS AND PHYSICAL THEORIES, Pages 32-38
Chapter IV - IMAGINATION AND INVENTION IN A THEORY, Pages 39-45
Chapter V - THE OPINIONS OF PLANCK, BOHR, AND SCHRÖDINGER, Pages 46-57
Chapter VI - THE ARROW OF TIME, Pages 58-68
Chapter VII - CAUSALITY AND DETERMINISM; EMPIRICAL LIMITATIONS, Pages 69-82
Chapter VIII - WEAKNESSES AND LIMITATIONS OF MECHANICS, Pages 85-105
Chapter IX - POINCARÉ AND THE SHORTCOMINGS OF THE HAMILTON–JACOBI METHOD FOR CLASSICAL OR QUANTIZED MECHANICS, Pages 106-127
Chapter X - EXAMPLES OF UNCERTAINTY IN CLASSICAL MECHANICS, Pages 128-152
Books published by L. Brillouin, Pages 153-154
Subject Index, Pages 155-164

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