Arthur S. Eddington, The Nature of the Physical World: Gifford Lectures of 1927, An Annotated Edition

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Arthur S. Eddington, FRS, (1882–1944) was one of the most prominent British scientists of his time. He made major contributions to astrophysics and to the broader understanding of the revolutionary theories of relativity and quantum mechanics. He is famed for his astronomical observations of 1919, confirming Einstein’s prediction of the curving of the paths of starlight, and he was the first major interpreter of Einstein’s physics to the English-speaking world. His 1928 book, The Nature of the Physical World, here re-issued in a critical, annotated edition, was largely responsible for his fame as a public interpreter of science and has had a significant influence on both the public and the philosophical understanding of 20th-century physics. In degree, Eddington’s work has entered into our contemporary understanding of modern physics, and, in consequence, critical attention to his most popular book repays attention.

Born at Kendal near Lake Windermere in the northwest of England into a Quaker background, Eddington attended Owens College, Manchester, and afterward Trinity College, Cambridge, where he won high mathematical honors, including Senior Wrangler. He became Plumian Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge in 1913 and in 1914 Director of the Cambridge Observatory. Eddington was a conscientious objector during the First World War. By the end of his career, he was widely esteemed and had received honorary degrees from many universities. He was elected president of the Royal Astronomical Society (1921–1923), and was subsequently elected President of the Physical Society (1930–1932), the Mathematical Association (1932), and the International Astronomical Union (1938–1944). Eddington was knighted in 1930 and received the Order of Merit in 1938. During the 1930s, his popular and more philosophical books made him a well known figure to the general public. Philosophers have found his writings of considerable interest, and have debated his themes for nearly a hundred years.

 

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NOTE TO THE TEXT
vii
EDDINGTONS PREFACE
ix
A S EDDINGTONPHYSICS AND PHILOSOPHY
xiii
EDDINGTONSINTRODUCTION
1
CHAPTER I
11
CHAPTER II
31
CHAPTER III
47
CHAPTER IV
73
CHAPTER IX
183
CHAPTER X
203
CHAPTER XI
231
CHAPTER XII
247
CHAPTER XIII
271
CHAPTER XIV
291
CHAPTER XV
313
CONCLUSION
339

CHAPTER V
95
CHAPTER VI
117
CHAPTER VII
143
CHAPTER VIII
167
BIBLIOGRAPHY
349
INDEX
371
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Dr H. G. Callaway has published widely in Europe and the US on the philosophy of language and meaning—and concerning the languages of science in particular. Prior publications include Context for meaning and Analysis: A Critical Study in the Philosophy of Language (1993), his translation of W. V. Quine’s Kant Lectures (2003) and from Cambridge Scholars Publishing, a volume of his essays, Meaning without Analyticity (2008). A native of Philadelphia, PA, he holds a doctorate in Philosophy and has taught at various American and European universities and at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. Dr Callaway’s work in the field of American philosophy and American intellectual history includes critical editions of books by Ralph Waldo Emerson and William James and his Memories and Portraits: Explorations in American Thought (2010) from Cambridge Scholars. His most recent prior book (2011) is a critical study of A. J. Dallas and the philosophy of law in the foreign policy of the early American republic.

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TítolArthur S. Eddington, The Nature of the Physical World: Gifford Lectures of 1927, An Annotated Edition
AutorH.G. Callaway
Edicióanotada
EditorCambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014
ISBN1443867039, 9781443867030
Nre. de pàgines420 pàgines
  
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