Unifying Scientific Theories: Physical Concepts and Mathematical Structures

ISBN: 9780521037600 出版年：2000 页码：282 Margaret Morrison Cambridge University Press

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The many faces of unity 2. Unification, realism and inference 3. Maxwell's unification of electromagnetism and optics 4. Gauges, symmetries and forces: the electroweak unification 5. Special relativity and the unity of physics 6. Darwin and natural selection: unification versus explanation 7. Structural unity and the biological synthesis Conclusions Notes References Index.