This book presents the first detailed account of Werner Heisenberg’s failed attempt to find a theory of everything in the autumn of his career. It further investigates what we can learn from his failure in relation to the search for a final theory of physics, an endeavour that continues to define research in fundamental physics to this day. Thereby it provides the first historically informed contribution to the current debate on post-empirical physics and the state of particle physics
CONTENT
Introduction -- The origins of Heisenberg's program -- Heisenberg Triumphant -- Reception and Rejection -- Conclusions
SUBJECT
Science -- Philosophy
Quantum theory
History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics. http://scigraph.springernature.com/things/product-market-codes/P29000
Philosophy of Science. http://scigraph.springernature.com/things/product-market-codes/E34000
Elementary Particles
Quantum Field Theory. http://scigraph.springernature.com/things/product-market-codes/P23029
Theoretical
Mathematical and Computational Physics. http://scigraph.springernature.com/things/product-market-codes/P19005