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David Hilbert’s Lectures on the Foundations of Mathematics and Physics, 1891-1933

5. David Hilbert's Lectures on the Foundations of Physics, 1915-1927. Relativity, Quantum Theory and Epistemology

  • Volume : 5
  • Pages : XII-795
  • Nombre de volumes : 6
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  • Support : Print
  • Edition : Original
  • Ville : Heidelberg ; Dordrecht ; New York
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  • ISBN : 978-3-540-20606-4
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  • Date de création : 04-01-2011
  • Dernière mise à jour : 10-11-2015

Résumé :

Anglais

The present volume is the fifth in a series of six, presenting a selection of the previously unpublished lecture notes of David Hilbert on the foundations of mathematics and natural science, roughly spanning the period from 1890 to 1933. Hilbert's Lectures and his personal interactions with the 'Hilbert circle' exercised a profound influence on the development of twentieth century mathematics and physics. The lecture notes presented, spanning virtually the whole of Hilbert's teaching career, document his intense engagement with the ideas of some of the central figures of modern science and make possible a detailed understanding of the development of his foundational work in geometry, arithmetic, logic, and proof theory, as well as in the theory of relativity, quantum mechanics and statistical physics. The lectures contain more philosophical, foundational and methodological remarks than does Hilbert's published work. Some of the individual volumes also reprint key published works of Hilbert when these are centrally relevant to the unpublished work presented. – Volume 5 has three parts, dealing with General Relativity, Epistemological Issues, and Quantum Mechanics. The core of the first part is Hilbert’s two semester lecture course on ‘The Foundations of Physics’ (1916/17). This is framed by Hilbert’s published ‘First and Second Communications’ on the ‘Foundations of Physics’ (1915, 1917) and by a selection of documents dealing with more specific topics like ‘The Principle of Causality’ or a lecture on the new concepts of space and time held in Bucharest in 1918. The epistemological issues concern the intricate relation between nature and mathematical knowledge, in particular the question of irreversibility and objectivity (1921) as well as the subtle question whether what Hilbert calls the ‘world equations’ are physically complete (1923). The last part deals with quantum theory in its early, advanced and mature stages. Hilbert held lecture courses on the mathematical foundations of quantum theory twice, before and after the breakthrough in 1926. These documents bear witness to one of the most dramatic changes in the foundations of science. M.-M. V.

 

Résumé :

Anglais

The present volume is the fifth in a series of six, presenting a selection of the previously unpublished lecture notes of David Hilbert on the foundations of mathematics and natural science, roughly spanning the period from 1890 to 1933. Hilbert's Lectures and his personal interactions with the 'Hilbert circle' exercised a profound influence on the development of twentieth century mathematics and physics. The lecture notes presented, spanning virtually the whole of Hilbert's teaching career, document his intense engagement with the ideas of some of the central figures of modern science and make possible a detailed understanding of the development of his foundational work in geometry, arithmetic, logic, and proof theory, as well as in the theory of relativity, quantum mechanics and statistical physics. The lectures contain more philosophical, foundational and methodological remarks than does Hilbert's published work. Some of the individual volumes also reprint key published works of Hilbert when these are centrally relevant to the unpublished work presented. – Volume 5 has three parts, dealing with General Relativity, Epistemological Issues, and Quantum Mechanics. The core of the first part is Hilbert’s two semester lecture course on ‘The Foundations of Physics’ (1916/17). This is framed by Hilbert’s published ‘First and Second Communications’ on the ‘Foundations of Physics’ (1915, 1917) and by a selection of documents dealing with more specific topics like ‘The Principle of Causality’ or a lecture on the new concepts of space and time held in Bucharest in 1918. The epistemological issues concern the intricate relation between nature and mathematical knowledge, in particular the question of irreversibility and objectivity (1921) as well as the subtle question whether what Hilbert calls the ‘world equations’ are physically complete (1923). The last part deals with quantum theory in its early, advanced and mature stages. Hilbert held lecture courses on the mathematical foundations of quantum theory twice, before and after the breakthrough in 1926. These documents bear witness to one of the most dramatic changes in the foundations of science. M.-M. V.

 

Articles :

pages 25 à 72

The Foundations of Physics: Mitteilungen (1915 and 1917)

SAUER Tilman, MAJER Ulrich, SCHMIDT Heinz-Jürgen, et al.

pages 73 à 307

The Foundations of Physics: The Lectures (1916–1917)

SAUER Tilman, MAJER Ulrich, SCHMIDT Heinz-Jürgen, et al.

pages 309 à 374

The Foundations of Physics: Specific Topics (1915?–1918)

SAUER Tilman, MAJER Ulrich, SCHMIDT Heinz-Jürgen, et al.

pages 375 à 434

Epistemological Questions of Physics (1921 and 1923)

SAUER Tilman, MAJER Ulrich, SCHMIDT Heinz-Jürgen, et al.

pages 435 à 501

Lectures on Radiation and Quantum Theory (1912)

SAUER Tilman, MAJER Ulrich, SCHMIDT Heinz-Jürgen, et al.

pages 503 à 707

Lectures on Quantum Theory (1922–23 and 1926–27)

SAUER Tilman, MAJER Ulrich, SCHMIDT Heinz-Jürgen, et al.

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