Reviews for Eight Lectures on Theoretical Physics

The average rating for Eight Lectures on Theoretical Physics based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-10-12 00:00:00 Kevin Latchford ‭Vortrage und erinnerungen = Eight Lectures on Theoretical Physics, Max Planck In 1909 the great German physicist and Nobel Prize winner Max Planck (1858-1947) delivered a series of eight lectures at Columbia University giving a fascinating overview of the new state of physics, which he had played a crucial role in bringing about. The first, third, fifth, and sixth lectures present his account of the revolutionary developments occasioned when he first applied the quantum hypothesis to blackbody radiation. The reader is given an invaluable opportunity to witness Planck's thought processes both on the level of philosophical principles as well as their application to physical processes on the microscopic and macroscopic scales. In the second and fourth lectures Planck shows how the new ideas of statistical mechanics transformed the understanding of chemical physics. The seventh lecture discusses the principle of least action, while the final one gives an account of the theory of special relativity, of which Planck had been an early champion. These lectures are especially important since they reflect Planck's reconsideration's and rethinking of his original discovery of quantum theory. A new Introduction by Peter Pesic places this book in historical perspective among Planck's works and those of his contemporaries. Now available in this inexpensive edition, it will be of particular interest to students of modern physics and of the philosophy and history of science. تاریخ نخستین خوانش: سال 1984 میلادی عنوان: تصویر جهان در فیزیک جدید؛ نویسنده: ماکس پلانک؛ مترجم: مرتضی صابر؛ پرداخته: احمد سمیعی؛ تهران، امیرکبیر، کتابهای جیبی، 1348؛ در 210 ص؛ موضوع: مقاله ها و خطابه ها - فیزیک - فلسفه - قرن 20 م ماکس پلانک (از سال 1858 میلادی تا سال 1947 میلادی) متولد کیل آلمان، دانش آموخته ی دانشگاه های مونیخ و برلن، دریافت جایزه نوبل در سال 1918 میلادی، رئیس انجمن پیشرفت علوم از سال 1930 میلادی و درگذشته در سوم اکتبر سال 1947 میلادی در گوتینگن، وی معتقد بود هر رویدادی خواه طبیعی یا ذهنی ممکن است موجب یا غیر موجب به نظر آید. ا. شربیانی

Review # 2 was written on 2009-10-16 00:00:00 Laurie Mecca یکی از با ارزش ترین کتاب هایی هست که خوانده ام ، برخلاف نام کتاب محتوی تنها اشاره به علم فیزیک ندارد بلکه تصویری را ارایه می دهد که یک فیزیک دان با روحیات و احساسات انسانی خود از جهان درک می کند