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Since the Niels Bohr centenary of 1985 there has been anastonishing international surge of scholarly analyses of Bohr'sphilosophy. Now for the first time in Niels Bohr and ContemporaryPhilosophy Jan Faye and Henry Folse have brought together sixteenof today's leading authors who have helped mould this new round ofdiscussions on Bohr's philosophy. In fifteen entirely new, previouslyunpublished essays we discover a surprising variety of the differentfacets of Bohr as the natural philosopher whose `framework ofcomplementarity' shaped the final phase of the quantum revolution andinfluenced two generations of the century's leading physicists. Thereis much on which the authors included here agree; but there are alsopolar disagreements, which assure us that the philosophical questionsrevolving around Bohr's `new viewpoint' will continue to be a subjectof scholarly interest and discussion for years to come.
This collection will interest all serious students of history andphilosophy of science, and foundations of physics.
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This collection of essays on Niels Bohr was first published twenty-three years ago. The contributors, who all knew Bohr well, give a unique historical account of his life, his work, and his way of thinking. ... Read more

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Volume 7 is a direct continuation of Volume 6, which documented the birth of the complementarity argument and its earliest elaborations. It covers the extension and refinement of the complementarity argument from 1933 until Bohrs' death in 1962. All Bohr's publications on the subject, together with selected manuscripts and extracts of his correspondence with friends and fellow pioneers such as Werner Heisenberg and Wolfgang Pauli, are included.

Divided into two, largely independent parts, the volume begins with Bohr's contributions to "Relativistic Quantum Theory". Together with Léon Rosenfeld, Bohr undertook a thorough investigation of the measuring problem in quantum electrodynamics and demonstrated the full accordance between the formalism and the result of idealized thought experiments.

The articles in the second part, although also restricted in scope to the field of physics, address a broader audience. One of the most impressive treatises is Bohr's own account of his debates with Albert Einstein, over more than twenty years, on the consistency, the completeness and the epistemological consequences of quantum mechanics.

Volumes 6 and 7 of the Collected Works are in turn related to the forthcoming Volume 10 which broadens the scope by presenting Bohr's applications of the complementarity argument beyond the domain of physics. Although each volume may be read independently, careful attention should be paid to the interrelationships between each volume in order to appreciate the subtlety of Bohr's continued elaboration and fine-tuning of his complementarity argument. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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