Basic Concepts of Modern Physics - Quanta, Particles, Relativity

"Georg Unger maintains in this book that human thinking is not limited to the thinking subject. The ability to communicate ideas and concepts from one individual to another is not based subjectively on the similarity of brain functions. Rather, when we form concepts appropriate to our experience, the content of these thoughts has to do essentially with what we think about. In other words, one's thoughts are part of the very world we want to know. Rudolf Steiner's contribution was to show that this thesis can be verified by epistemological introspection, which can strengthen our confidence in cognition"-- Provided by publisher.

About the author

Georg Unger (1909-1999) was born in Stuttgart, Germany and was a student at the first Waldorf school when it opened in 1919. He did his doctorate in Zurich, Switzerland with extensive studies in mathematics, physics and philosophy. In 1955, he became a visiting fellow at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for studies in cybernetics with Norbert Wiener. As a visiting guest at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton University, he met J. Robert Oppenheimer and, later, John von Neumann in Washington, for scientific philosophical discussions. Dr Unger later became the head of the Department of Mathematics and Astronomy at the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland.

Product details

• Authors: Georg Unger
• Assisted by: Hanna Edelglass (Translation)
• Publisher: BookSource
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.08.2024
• EAN: 9781938685491
• ISBN: 978-1-938685-49-1
• Weight: 315 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Theoretical physics; SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory, SCIENCE / Physics / Relativity, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory), Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory), Particle & high-energy physics, Relativity physics, Particle and high-energy physics, SCIENCE / Physics / Particle