The philosophical impact of physics: lectures delivered as Karl Taylor Compton Lecturer, 1957.

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The philosophical impact of physics: lectures delivered as Karl Taylor Compton Lecturer, 1957.

Six lectures presented as the Karl Taylor Compton lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, November 5-26, 1957: Elements of Classical Physics; Atomic Theory and the Quantum of Action; The Principle of Quantum Mechanics; The Notion of Complementarity in Quantum Physics; Complementary Relationships in Biology and Psychology; Atomic Physics and Man's Position.

67 pp.

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