Effective Theories in Physics From Planetary Orbits to Elementary Particle Masses

• Auteur principal: Wells, James D. (auth)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Nature 2012
• Collection: SpringerBriefs in Physics
• Sujets: Mathematical physics; History of science; Philosophy of science; Effectiv field theory; Effective action; Effective theories; Naturalness and fine-tuning in theoretical physics; Phenomenology; Renormalization group; Symmetries in Physics
• Accès en ligne: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Résumé

This open access book... There is significant interest in the Philosophy of Science community to understand the role that "effective theories" have in the work of forefront science. The ideas of effective theories have been implicit in science for a long time, but have only been articulated well in the last few decades. Since Wilson's renormalization group revolution in the early 1970's, the science community has come to more fully understand its power, and by the mid-1990's it had gained its apotheosis. It is still one of the most powerful concepts in science, which has direct impact in how one thinks about and formulates theories of nature. It is this power that this Brief sets out to emphasize through historical analysis and current examples. This is an open access book.

Description matérielle

1 electronic resource (73 p.)

ISBN

978-3-642-34892-1
9783642348921

Accès

Open Access