Why More Is Different
| Autor: | Brigitte Falkenburg, Margaret Morrison |
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| EAN: | 9783662439111 |
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | eBook |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 26.02.2015 |
| Untertitel: | Philosophical Issues in Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems |
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| Schlagworte: | Complexity in Condensed Matter Construction of Many Body Models Microreductionist Descriptions Multi-scale Models Ontological Aspects of Emergence Reality of Quasi-Particles Reduction and Emergence in Condensed Matter Scale Separation |
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The physics of condensed matter, in contrast to quantum physics or cosmology, is not traditionally associated with deep philosophical questions. However, as science - largely thanks to more powerful computers - becomes capable of analysing and modelling ever more complex many-body systems, basic questions of philosophical relevance arise. Questions about the emergence of structure, the nature of cooperative behaviour, the implications of the second law, the quantum-classical transition and many other issues. This book is a collection of essays by leading physicists and philosophers. Each investigates one or more of these issues, making use of examples from modern condensed matter research. Physicists and philosophers alike will find surprising and stimulating ideas in these pages.
Prof. Brigitte Falkenburg
TU Dortmund, Germany
Prof. Margaret Morrison
University of Toronto, Canada.
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