PHYSICS AND PHILOSOPHY : The Revolution in Modern Science (Science Library series) by Heisenberg, Werner; (F.S.C. Northrop, Introduction) - 1962

New York, NY: Harper Torchbook/Harper & Row, 1962. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Torchbooks TB 549.Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated olive green soft cover/NF w/trace edge rubs & faint creasing to upper front corner. PO label to lower fEP. German mathematician and philosopher Werner Karl Heisenberg (1901 - 76) received the Nobel Prize 1932 for developing a system of quantum mechanics based on matrix algebra and his discovery of the allotropic forms of hydrogen. In this discourse considers the philosophical implications of new, experiementally verified physical theories and some likely social consequences. How will man now view his position in the universe? What of the response of the rest of the world to what is a Western conceptual change? 11 chapters: I, An Old & New Tradition; II, The History of Quantum Theory; III, The Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Theory; IV, Quantum Theory & the Roots of Atomic Science; V, The Development of Philosophical Ideas Since Decartes in Comparison with the New Situation in Quantum Theory; VI, The Relation of Quantum Theory to Other Parts of Natural Science; VII, The Theory of Relativity; VIII, Criticism & Counterproposals to the Copenhagen Interpretation of Quatum Theory; IX, Quantum Theory & the Structure of Matter; X, Lauguage & Reality in Modern Physics; and, XI, The Role of Modern Physics in Present Development of Human Thinking, followed by an Epilogue by Ruth Nanda Anshen. Fine copy.