Complementarity Beyond Physics

Author : Arun Bala
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319397842
Total Pages : 273 pages
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Download or read book Complementarity Beyond Physics written by Arun Bala and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study Arun Bala examines the implications that Niels Bohr’s principle of complementarity holds for fields beyond physics. Bohr, one of the founding figures of modern quantum physics, argued that the principle of complementarity he proposed for understanding atomic processes has parallels in psychology, biology, and social science, as well as in Buddhist and Taoist thought. But Bohr failed to offer any explanation for why complementarity might extend beyond physics, and his claims have been widely rejected by scientists as empty speculation. Scientific scepticism has only been reinforced by the naïve enthusiasm of postmodern relativists and New Age intuitionists, who seize upon Bohr’s ideas to justify anti-realist and mystical positions. Arun Bala offers a detailed defence of Bohr’s claim that complementarity has far-reaching implications for the biological and social sciences, as well as for comparative philosophies of science, by explaining Bohr’s parallels as responses to the omnipresence of grown properties in nature.

Author : David Favrholdt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780720418002
Total Pages : 613 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Complementarity Beyond Physics (1928-1962) written by David Favrholdt and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 613 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Niels Bohr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780444532787
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Complementarity beyond physics (1928-1962) written by Niels Bohr and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : D. Favrholdt
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 9780080871080
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Complementarity Beyond Physics (1928-1962) written by D. Favrholdt and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is divided into five parts. The title of the volume refers primarily to part I, which is by far the largest and comprises papers discussing the fundamental questions of biology and related psychological and philosophical problems. Following the reproduction of papers brought to publication by Bohr, there is a separate Appendix to Part I including some of Bohr's most interesting and substantive unpublished contributions in this area. The papers in Part I span the last thirty years of Bohr's life and display his great interest in biological problems and his unremitting efforts to show that biology cannot be reduced to physics and chemistry. Part II contains articles of a more general cultural interest. Some of these show that Bohr regarded the complementary perspective to be of value also outside the scientific sphere. Part III contains the articles Bohr wrote about the great Danish philosopher Harald Høffding. These short papers are presented in a section on their own because of the continuing discussion in the history of science about Høffding's possible influence on Bohr's work in physics and his whole scientific approach. Part IV comprises articles illuminating the history of 20th century physics. Bohr had great veneration for his predecessors and teachers, and he prepared these articles with great care. Part V contains correspondence relating to the material in Parts I through IV. As in previous volumes an inventory of relevant unpublished manuscripts held at the Niels Bohr Archive constitutes an appendix to the whole volume.

Author : D. Favrholdt
Publisher : North Holland
ISBN 13 : 9780444828200
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Complementarity Beyond Physics (1928-1962) written by D. Favrholdt and published by North Holland. This book was released on 1998 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is divided into five parts. The title of the volume refers primarily to part I, which is by far the largest and comprises papers discussing the fundamental questions of biology and related psychological and philosophical problems. Following the reproduction of papers brought to publication by Bohr, there is a separate Appendix to Part I including some of Bohr's most interesting and substantive unpublished contributions in this area. The papers in Part I span the last thirty years of Bohr's life and display his great interest in biological problems and his unremitting efforts to show that biology cannot be reduced to physics and chemistry. Part II contains articles of a more general cultural interest. Some of these show that Bohr regarded the complementary perspective to be of value also outside the scientific sphere. Part III contains the articles Bohr wrote about the great Danish philosopher Harald H(c)ffding. These short papers are presented in a section on their own because of the continuing discussion in the history of science about H(c)ffding's possible influence on Bohr's work in physics and his whole scientific approach. Part IV comprises articles illuminating the history of 20th century physics. Bohr had great veneration for his predecessors and teachers, and he prepared these articles with great care. Part V contains correspondence relating to the material in Parts I through IV. As in previous volumes an inventory of relevant unpublished manuscripts held at the Niels Bohr Archive constitutes an appendix to the whole volume.

Author : Arkady Plotnitsky
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461445175
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Niels Bohr and Complementarity written by Arkady Plotnitsky and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-09-05 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a discussion of Niels Bohr’s conception of “complementarity,” arguably his greatest contribution to physics and philosophy. By tracing Bohr’s work from his 1913 atomic theory to the introduction and then refinement of the idea of complementarity, and by explicating different meanings of “complementarity” in Bohr and the relationships between it and Bohr’s other concepts, the book aims to offer a contained and accessible, and yet sufficiently comprehensive account of Bohr’s work on complementarity and its significance.

Author : Niels Bohr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Complementarity beyond physics (1928-1962) written by Niels Bohr and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Niels Bohr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780720418002
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Collected Works written by Niels Bohr and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael Bushev
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9789810212865
Total Pages : 300 pages
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Download or read book Synergetics written by Michael Bushev and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1994 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, humankind has believed that the world with all its form and structure was created by supernatural forces. In recent decades science has shaken these beliefs with the discovery of the exciting possibility of a self-created and self-creating world ? of self-organization. Synergetics endeavours to reveal the intimate mechanisms of self-organization. The transitions from chaos to order, the nature of self-organization, the various approaches to it and certain philosophical inferences are outlined. Synergetics thus represents a remarkable confluence of many strands of thought, and has become a paradigm in modern culture. This book exposes the reader to striking new vistas in physics and mathematics, chemistry and biology, social sciences and philosophy ? all interlocked around the concept of self-organization.

Author : Niels Bohr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 676 pages
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Download or read book Complementarity beyond physics (1928-1962), edited by David Favrholdt written by Niels Bohr and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: