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Science --- Philosophy. --- Eddington, A. S. --- Jeans, James Hopwood,

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Physics --- Relativity (Physics). --- Cosmology. --- Philosophy. --- Eddington, A. S.

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A reconciliation of the theories of the very small and the very large scale is one of the most important single issues in physics today. Many people today are unaware that in the 1930s, Sir Arthur Eddington, the celebrated astrophysicist, made great strides towards his own 'theory of everything'. Eddington's last two books were published in 1936 and 1946. Unlike his earlier lucid and authoritative works, these are strangely tentative and obscure - as if he were nervous of the significant advances that he might be making. This volume examines both how Eddington came to write these uncharacteristic books - in the context of the physics and history of the day - and what value they have to modern physics. The result is an illuminating description of the development of theoretical physics, in the first half of the twentieth century, from a unique point of view: how it affected Eddington's thought. This will provide fascinating reading for scholars in the philosophy of science, theoretical physics, applied mathematics and the history of science.

Physics --- Mathematical physics --- Philosophy --- History. --- Eddington, A. S. --- Physics - Philosophy - History. --- Mathematical physics - History. --- EDDINGTON (SIR ARTHUR STANLEY), ASTROPHYSICIEN BRITANNIQUE, 1882-1944 --- PHYSIQUE --- PHYSIQUE MATHEMATIQUE --- PHILOSOPHIE --- HISTOIRE

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Science --- Physics --- Motivation (Psychology) --- Aesthetics --- Philosophy --- Milne, Edward Arthur, --- Eddington, Arthur Stanley, --- Schwarzschild, Karl, --- -Science --- -Natural science --- Science of science --- Sciences --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics --- Action, Psychology of --- Drive (Psychology) --- Psychology of action --- Psychology --- Eddington, Arthur Stanley Sir --- Milne, Edward Arthur --- Schwarzschild, K. --- Philosophy. --- Aesthetics. --- Eddington, A. S. --- -Philosophy --- Motivation (Psychology). --- Milne, E. A. --- Eddington, Arthur, --- Eddington, Arthur Stanley --- Science - Aesthetics --- Physics - Philosophy --- Milne, Edward Arthur, - 1896-1950 --- Eddington, Arthur Stanley, - Sir, - 1882-1944 --- Schwarzschild, Karl, - 1873-1916

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In this essay collection, leading physicists, philosophers, and historians attempt to fill the empty theoretical ground in the foundations of information and address the related question of the limits to our knowledge of the world. Over recent decades, our practical approach to information and its exploitation has radically outpaced our theoretical understanding - to such a degree that reflection on the foundations may seem futile. But it is exactly fields such as quantum information, which are shifting the boundaries of the physically possible, that make a foundational understanding of information increasingly important. One of the recurring themes of the book is the claim by Eddington and Wheeler that information involves interaction and putting agents or observers centre stage. Thus, physical reality, in their view, is shaped by the questions we choose to put to it and is built up from the information residing at its core. This is the root of Wheeler’s famous phrase “it from bit.” After reading the stimulating essays collected in this volume, readers will be in a good position to decide whether they agree with this view.

Spintronics. --- History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics. --- Quantum Computing. --- Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics. --- Eddington, Arthur Stanley, --- Wheeler, John Archibald, --- Hui-le, --- Huile, --- Uiler, Dzhon Archibalʹd, --- Wheeler, J. A. --- Eddington, A. S. --- Eddington, Arthur, --- אדינגטון, א. ס. --- Physics. --- Philosophy and science. --- Quantum computers. --- Philosophy of Science. --- Knowledge, Theory of. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Knowledge --- General relativity (Physics) --- Epistemology --- Theory of knowledge --- Philosophy --- Psychology --- Science --- Philosophy. --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science --- Fluxtronics --- Magnetoelectronics --- Spin electronics --- Spinelectronics --- Microelectronics --- Nanotechnology --- Computers --- Science and philosophy --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics