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The birth of physics

Serres, MichelRoss, William James(Translated by)Webb, David(Translated by)
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'The Birth of Physics' represents a foundational work in the development of chaos theory from one of the world's most influential living theorists, Michel Serres.

Focusing on the largest text still intact to reach us from the ancient Greek Atomists - 'Lucretius' De Rerum Natura' - Serres mobilises everything we know about the related scientific work of the time in order to demand a complete reappraisal of the legacy.

Crucial to his reconception of the Atomists' thought is a recognition that their model of atomic matter is essentially a fluid one - they are describing the actions of turbulence, which impacts our understanding of the recent disciplines of chaos and complexity.

It explains the continuing presence of Lucretius in the work of such scientific giants as Nobel Laureates Schroedinger and Prigogine.

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Product Details
1786606267 / 9781786606266
eBook (Adobe Pdf)
530.01
16/01/2018
English
233 pages
Copy: 10%; print: 10%
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