TY - BOOK ID - 699744 TI - Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Major Texts in Physics PY - 2014 SN - 3319036688 331903667X 1322133840 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Planets KW - Atomic mass. KW - Origin. KW - Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich, KW - Mass (Chemistry) KW - Mass (Nuclear physics) KW - Nuclear masses KW - Chemistry, Physical and theoretical KW - Mass (Physics) KW - Matter KW - Nuclear physics KW - Origin of planets KW - Cosmology KW - Properties KW - Astronomy. KW - Quantum theory. KW - History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics. KW - Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology. KW - Quantum Physics. KW - Quantum dynamics KW - Quantum mechanics KW - Quantum physics KW - Physics KW - Mechanics KW - Thermodynamics KW - Physics. KW - Astrophysics. KW - Quantum physics. KW - Astronomical physics KW - Astronomy KW - Cosmic physics KW - Natural philosophy KW - Philosophy, Natural KW - Physical sciences KW - Dynamics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:699744 AB - This book presents a collection of texts by the German physicist and philosopher Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912-2007), for use in seminars on the history, epistemology and structure of physics. Most texts appear in English for the first time. Weizsäcker became famous through his works in physics, mainly in the early development of nuclear physics. Later he would also become well known as a philosopher and analyst of contemporary culture. Texts include the original publications of the “Weizsäcker-Bethe formula” of nuclear masses and the “Bethe-Weizsäcker cycle,” which explains the source of energy in the sun; both were developed by Bethe at the same time and independently of Weizsäcker. Further texts deal with Weizsäcker’s explanation of the origin of planets, his explanation of the “time arrow” in Statistical Mechanics and his analyses of Quantum Mechanics and the structure of physics in general. ER -