The theoretical practices of physics : philosophical essays
R. I. G. Hughes explores the theoretical practices that scientists use in doing physics. He offers a critical examination of accounts that notable physicists give of their practices, and investigates the roles of laws, disunities, models and representation, computer simulation, and explanation, in physics as it has been practised.
278 p. ; 25 cm
9780199546107, 019954610X
912423864
Criticism, logical empiricism, and the general theory of relativity
Theoretical practice : the Bohm-Pines Quartet
Laws of physics, the representational account of theories, and Newton's Principia
Modelling, the Brownian motion, and the disunities of physics
Models and representation
The Ising model, computer simulation, and universal physics
Theoretical explanation
The discourse of physics exemplified by the Aharonov-Bohm effect