| The Birth of Physics Contributor(s): Serres, Michel (Author), Webb, David (Translator), Ross, William James (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1786606240 ISBN-13: 9781786606242 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $138.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects - Philosophy | Movements - Critical Theory |
| Dewey: 501 |
| LCCN: 2017044023 |
| Series: Groundworks |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.01 lbs) 242 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. Focussing on the largest text still intact to reach us from the Atomists - Lucretius' De Rerum Natura - Serres mobilises everything we know about the related scientific work of the time (Archemides, Epicurus et al) 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. This book is truly a landmark in the study of ancient physics and has been enormously influential on work in the area, amongst other things stimulating a more general rebirth of philosophical interest in the ancients. |
Contributor Bio(s): Webb, David: - David Webb is Professor of Philosophy at Staffordshire University. He is the author of Heidegger, Ethics and the Practice of Ontology (Continuum, 2011) and Foucault's Archaeology: Science and Transformation (Edinburgh UP, 2012), and has published numerous articles on Michel Serres.Serres, Michel: - Michel Serres is a Professor in the History of Science at Stanford University and a member of the Academie Francaise. |