Chaos and Harmony Perspectives on Scientific Revolutions of the Twentieth Century

Trinh Xuan Thuan

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The author describes how a profound change in our worldview has come about, as the Newtonian picture of a sterile mechanistic and deterministic world has been replaced by a physics based upon quantum theory and the quantum effect.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780195129175
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Imprint:	Oxford University Press
Pub date:	31 Oct 2000
DEWEY:	523.01
DEWEY edition:	21
Language:	English
Number of pages:	366
Weight:	719g
Height:	234mm
Width:	156mm
Spine width:	28mm