LEADER 04515nam 2200757Ia 450 001 9910965961703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612641725 010 $a9781282641723 010 $a1282641727 010 $a9781400833320 010 $a1400833329 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400833320 035 $a(CKB)2670000000031862 035 $a(EBL)548751 035 $a(OCoLC)650307493 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000423233 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11267343 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000423233 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10440020 035 $a(PQKB)11775970 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36563 035 $a(DE-B1597)446569 035 $a(OCoLC)979579141 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400833320 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL548751 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10397710 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL264172 035 $z(PPN)19924488X 035 $a(PPN)187954518 035 $a(FR-PaCSA)88838064 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC548751 035 $a(Perlego)734702 035 $a(FRCYB88838064)88838064 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000031862 100 $a20081124d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMind and nature $eselected writings on philosophy, mathematics, and physics /$fHermann Weyl ; edited and with an introductio by Peter Pesic 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (270 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780691135458 311 08$a0691135452 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 241-252) and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Electricity and Gravitation -- $t2. Two Letters by Einstein and Weyl on a Metaphysical Question -- $t3. Time Relations in the Cosmos, Proper Time, Lived Time, and Metaphysical Time -- $t4. The Open World: Three Lectures on the Metaphysical Implications of Science -- $t5. Mind and Nature -- $t6. Address at the Princeton Bicentennial Conference -- $t7. Man and the Foundations of Science -- $t8. The Unity of Knowledge -- $t9. Insight and Reflection -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIndex 330 $aHermann Weyl (1885-1955) was one of the twentieth century's most important mathematicians, as well as a seminal figure in the development of quantum physics and general relativity. He was also an eloquent writer with a lifelong interest in the philosophical implications of the startling new scientific developments with which he was so involved. Mind and Nature is a collection of Weyl's most important general writings on philosophy, mathematics, and physics, including pieces that have never before been published in any language or translated into English, or that have long been out of print. Complete with Peter Pesic's introduction, notes, and bibliography, these writings reveal an unjustly neglected dimension of a complex and fascinating thinker. In addition, the book includes more than twenty photographs of Weyl and his family and colleagues, many of which are previously unpublished. Included here are Weyl's exposition of his important synthesis of electromagnetism and gravitation, which Einstein at first hailed as "a first-class stroke of genius"; two little-known letters by Weyl and Einstein from 1922 that give their contrasting views on the philosophical implications of modern physics; and an essay on time that contains Weyl's argument that the past is never completed and the present is not a point. Also included are two book-length series of lectures, The Open World (1932) and Mind and Nature (1934), each a masterly exposition of Weyl's views on a range of topics from modern physics and mathematics. Finally, four retrospective essays from Weyl's last decade give his final thoughts on the interrelations among mathematics, philosophy, and physics, intertwined with reflections on the course of his rich life. 606 $aMathematics$xPhilosophy 606 $aPhysics$xPhilosophy 615 0$aMathematics$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aPhysics$xPhilosophy. 676 $a510.1 686 $aUB 6000$2rvk 700 $aWeyl$b Hermann$f1885-1955.$056496 701 $aPesic$b Peter$0472860 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910965961703321 996 $aMind and nature$94340868 997 $aUNINA