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13Do Quanta NeedIn Robert G. Colodny (ed.), From Quarks to Quasars: Philosophical Problems of Modern Physics, University of Pittsburgh Press. pp. 229. 1986.
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8Potentiality, Entanglement, and Passion-at-a-Distance: Quantum Mechanical Studies for Abner Shimony (edited book)Kluwer Academic Publishers. 1997.Potentiality, Entanglement and Passion-at-a-Distance is a book for theoretical physicists and philosophers of modern physics. It treats a puzzling and provocative aspect of recent quantum physics: the apparent interaction of certain physical events that cannot share any causal connection. These are said to be `entangled' in some way, but an explanation remains elusive. Abner Shimony - to whom the book is dedicated - and others suggest the need to revive the category of what may be seen as a meta…Read more
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8Revisiting the Foundations of Relativistic Physics: Festschrift in Honor of John StachelSpringer Verlag. 2003.This book is for physicists, historians and philosophers of physics as well as students seeking an introduction to ongoing debates in relativistic and quantum physics. This title covers the recent debates on the emergence of relativity and quantum theory. It includes chapters with an introductory character, comprehensible to students and science teachers. It strengthens the bonds between the communities of scientists, historians, and philosophers.
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7Einstein et «Zweistein»Revue de Synthèse 126 (2): 353-365. 2005.Comme le suggère le sobriquet « Zweistein », Wolfgang Pauli fut considéré par la communauté des théoriciens de la physique comme son membre le plus éminent après Albert Einstein. Durant plus de trente-cinq ans, les deux hommes entretinrent des relations intellectuelles et personnelles. Cet article analyse les relations entre quatre thèmes récurrents de leurs discussions. 1) La théorie de la relativité: à l'âge de 20 ans, Pauli préparait un manuel qui fera autorité sur la relativité, manuel qu'il…Read more
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6‘A Man of my Type’—Editing the Einstein PapersBritish Journal for the History of Science 20 (1): 57-66. 1987.Towards the end of the career of many a distinguished scientist, or shortly after his or her death, an edition of the scientist's articles is published under the title: ‘The Collected Papers of…’. While not wishing to slight either the ceremonial importance or real utility of such collections, they must be clearly distinguished from the sort of editions on which the Collected Papers of Albert Einstein is modelled. The former are primarily intended to make the published papers of a great scientis…Read more
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6The meaning of general covarianceIn John Earman, A. Janis & G. Massey (eds.), Philosophical Problems of the Internal and External Worlds: Essays on the Philosophy of Adolph Grünbaum, University of Pittsburgh Press. pp. 129--60. 1993.
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6Philipp Frank on Special Relativity: 1908–1912In Paola Cantù & Georg Schiemer (eds.), Logic, Epistemology, and Scientific Theories – From Peano to the Vienna Circle, Springer Nature Switzerland. pp. 283-301. 2023.Between 1908 and 1912, while working in Vienna, Philipp Frank wrote a dozen articles on relativity: the principle, as Einstein originally denominated it, or the theory, as others came to call it. This work was primarily responsible for his appointment in 1912 as Einstein's successor as Professor of Theoretical Physics at the German University in Prague. The paper places these articles into their narrower and broader historical context and relates them to the work of others.
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1Do Quanta Need a New Logic?In Robert G. Colodny (ed.), From Quarks to Quasars: Philosophical Problems of Modern Physics, University of Pittsburgh Press. pp. 229--347. 1986.
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Feynman Paths and Quantum Entanglement: Is There Any More to the Mystery?In Robert S. Cohen, Michael Horne & John Stachel (eds.), Potentiality, Entanglement and Passion-at-a-Distance, Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 245--256. 1997.
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From Peripheral Mathematics to a New Theory of GravitationBoston Studies in the Philosophy of Science 250 1041-1129. 2007.
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Einstein and HilbertIn Ana Simões, Jürgen Renn & Theodore Arabatzis (eds.), Relocating the History of Science: Essays in Honor of Kostas Gavroglu, Springer Verlag. 2015.
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Review Articles-The Dawning of Gauge TheoryStudies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 30 (3): 453. 1999.
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Einstein and quantum mechanicsIn A. Ashtekar & J. Stachel (eds.), Conceptual Problems of Quantum Gravity, Birkhauser. 1991.
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Foundations of Space-Time TheoriesBritish Journal for the Philosophy of Science 31 (3): 311-315. 1980.
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Structure, Individuality, and Quantum GravityIn Dean Rickles, Steven French & Juha T. Saatsi (eds.), The Structural Foundations of Quantum Gravity, Clarendon Press. 2005.
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For Dirk Struik Scientific, Historical and Political Essays in Honor of Dirk J. StruikD. Reidel Pub. Co. 1974.
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