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Boris Hessen: Physics and Philosophy in the Soviet Union, 1927¿1931
Neglected Debates on Emergence and Reduction
Taschenbuch von Olga Pattison (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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This book presents key works of Boris Hessen, outstanding Soviet philosopher of science, available here in English for the first time. Quality translations are accompanied by an editors' introduction and annotations. Boris Hessen is known in history of science circles for his ¿Social and Economic Roots of Newton¿s Principiä presented in London (1931), which inspired new approaches in the West. As a philosopher and a physicist, he was tasked with developing a Marxist approach to science in the 1920s. He studied the history of physics to clarify issues such as reductionism and causality as they applied to new developments. With the philosophers called the ¿Dialecticians¿, his debates with the opposing ¿Mechanists¿ on the issue of emergence are still worth studying and largely ignored in the many recent works on this subject. Taken as a whole, the book is a goldmine of insights into both the foundations of physics and Soviet history.
This book presents key works of Boris Hessen, outstanding Soviet philosopher of science, available here in English for the first time. Quality translations are accompanied by an editors' introduction and annotations. Boris Hessen is known in history of science circles for his ¿Social and Economic Roots of Newton¿s Principiä presented in London (1931), which inspired new approaches in the West. As a philosopher and a physicist, he was tasked with developing a Marxist approach to science in the 1920s. He studied the history of physics to clarify issues such as reductionism and causality as they applied to new developments. With the philosophers called the ¿Dialecticians¿, his debates with the opposing ¿Mechanists¿ on the issue of emergence are still worth studying and largely ignored in the many recent works on this subject. Taken as a whole, the book is a goldmine of insights into both the foundations of physics and Soviet history.
Über den Autor

Chris Talbot has a Ph.D. in General Relativity. He lectured in mathematics at the University of Huddersfield, researching in Engineering Mathematics. Now retired, he has edited letters of David Bohm (David Bohm, Causality and Chance, Letters to Three Women, Springer, 2017 and David Bohm's Critique of Modern Physics, Letters to Jeffrey Bub, 1966-1969, Springer, 2020). Studying Bohm's work revived his interest in Marxism and the philosophy of physics and led to the translation of the largely forgotten work of Boris Hessen.



Olga Pattison completed B.Sc. in Maths and M.A. in Finance, MITI (Member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting since 1996). Between 1991 and 1999, Olga worked as an inhouse translator for Glencore UK Ltd. Duties included translation and interpreting at the World Economic Forum (Davos) in 1993 and 1994. She worked at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, for 16 years until retiring last year.
Zusammenfassung

Presents key works by the outstanding Soviet philosopher of science Boris Hessen, available in English for the first time

Revives important ideas that were lost after the author's execution by Stalin in 1936

Adds essential new perspectives to current debates on emergence

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. The Fifth Congress of Russian Physicists.- 3. On Comrade Timiryazev's Attitude to Modern Science.- 4. On the Bicentenary of Isaac Newton's Death. Foreword to the Articles by A. Einstein and J.J. Thomson.- 5. Marian Smoluchowski (On the tenth anniversary of his death).- 6. Mechanical Materialism and Modern Physics (Section 1).- 7. Mechanical Materialism and Modern Physics (Section 2)

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: History of Physics
Inhalt: ix
169 S.
6 s/w Illustr.
1 farbige Illustr.
169 p. 7 illus.
1 illus. in color.
ISBN-13: 9783030700478
ISBN-10: 303070047X
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: Pattison, Olga
Talbot, Chris
Herausgeber: Chris Talbot/Olga Pattison
Übersetzung: Pattison, Olga
Talbot, Chris
Auflage: 1st ed. 2021
Hersteller: Springer International Publishing
Springer International Publishing AG
History of Physics
Maße: 235 x 155 x 11 mm
Von/Mit: Olga Pattison (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 19.05.2022
Gewicht: 0,283 kg
Artikel-ID: 121449734
Über den Autor

Chris Talbot has a Ph.D. in General Relativity. He lectured in mathematics at the University of Huddersfield, researching in Engineering Mathematics. Now retired, he has edited letters of David Bohm (David Bohm, Causality and Chance, Letters to Three Women, Springer, 2017 and David Bohm's Critique of Modern Physics, Letters to Jeffrey Bub, 1966-1969, Springer, 2020). Studying Bohm's work revived his interest in Marxism and the philosophy of physics and led to the translation of the largely forgotten work of Boris Hessen.



Olga Pattison completed B.Sc. in Maths and M.A. in Finance, MITI (Member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting since 1996). Between 1991 and 1999, Olga worked as an inhouse translator for Glencore UK Ltd. Duties included translation and interpreting at the World Economic Forum (Davos) in 1993 and 1994. She worked at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, for 16 years until retiring last year.
Zusammenfassung

Presents key works by the outstanding Soviet philosopher of science Boris Hessen, available in English for the first time

Revives important ideas that were lost after the author's execution by Stalin in 1936

Adds essential new perspectives to current debates on emergence

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. The Fifth Congress of Russian Physicists.- 3. On Comrade Timiryazev's Attitude to Modern Science.- 4. On the Bicentenary of Isaac Newton's Death. Foreword to the Articles by A. Einstein and J.J. Thomson.- 5. Marian Smoluchowski (On the tenth anniversary of his death).- 6. Mechanical Materialism and Modern Physics (Section 1).- 7. Mechanical Materialism and Modern Physics (Section 2)

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: History of Physics
Inhalt: ix
169 S.
6 s/w Illustr.
1 farbige Illustr.
169 p. 7 illus.
1 illus. in color.
ISBN-13: 9783030700478
ISBN-10: 303070047X
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: Pattison, Olga
Talbot, Chris
Herausgeber: Chris Talbot/Olga Pattison
Übersetzung: Pattison, Olga
Talbot, Chris
Auflage: 1st ed. 2021
Hersteller: Springer International Publishing
Springer International Publishing AG
History of Physics
Maße: 235 x 155 x 11 mm
Von/Mit: Olga Pattison (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 19.05.2022
Gewicht: 0,283 kg
Artikel-ID: 121449734
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