Schlagel, Richard H.
From Myth to Modern Mind. Volume II

A Study of the Origins and Growth of Scientific Thought. Volume 2: Copernicus through Quantum Mechanics.

This volume traces the growth of scientific rationalism from 14th century critique of Aristotle's mechanics up to the development of quantum mechanics. The contributions to the breakdown of Aristotle's cosmology and its replacement with Newton's mechanistic world view are presented, along with subsequent developments in electricity, the emergence of modern chemistry with the overthrow of the phlogiston theory, and the creation of modern atomism. Finally, the evidence for the composite nature of the atom and the probing of its structure by Rutherford are discussed, as well as the revisions of classical mechanics owing to Einstein's relativity theory and the development of quantum mechanics by Planck, Bohr, Heisenberg, Schrödinger, and Dirac. XIII,580 Seiten mit 24 Abb., broschiert (American University Studies. Series V: Philosophy; vol. 171/Peter Lang Verlag 1996) Mängelexemplar/near mint