Unifying Scientific Theories - Physical Concepts and Mathematical Structures (Hardcover)

This book is about the methods used for unifying different scientific theories under one all-embracing theory. The process has characterized much of the history of science and is prominent in contemporary physics; the search for a 'theory of everything' involves the same attempt at unification. Margaret Morrison argues that, contrary to popular philosophical views, unification and explanation often have little to do with each other. The mechanisms that facilitate unification are not those that enable us to explain how or why phenomena behave as they do. A feature of this book is an account of many case studies of theory unification in nineteenth- and twentieth-century physics and of how evolution by natural selection and Mendelian genetics were unified into what we now term evolutionary genetics.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2000
First published:	2000
Authors:	Margaret Morrison
Dimensions:	235 x 161 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	282
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-65216-2
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history
LSN:	0-521-65216-2
Barcode:	9780521652162

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