The logic of modern physics

By P.W. Bridgman and Percy Williams Bridgman

Book Overview

Explore the foundations of modern physics with "The Logic of Modern Physics" by Percy Williams Bridgman, a seminal work in the philosophy of science. Bridgman, a Nobel laureate, delves into the core... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0007G0AG6
• Release Date: January 1927
• Publisher: The Macmillan company, NY
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Mis titled

The title of Bridgeman's book ought to have been: "The Illogic of Modern Physicists. Percy does not offer a reliable definition for Space or Time, reasoning (rightfully) that no measurement can be made of these concepts, but that in measuring physical objects, such is dependent upon the observer. Measurement is dependent upon experiment--which is integral to experience. He then attempts to introduce the idea of measuring some object which is in motion, and the difficulty in matching that velocity in order to conduct the experience of measurement. He lauds Einstein's contribution to this manner of thinking, which only makes him part of the crowd of physicists of that era who went off the deep end. From that period to this day science in general and physics in particular has been fraught with conceptual conundrums, with explanations that only succeed in rapid descent down the proverbial rabbit hole.