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THE author, who is well known as one of the pioneers in the field of quantum, theory, has in this book made the attempt to present the fundamental ideas of modern physics without the use of mathematics in such a way that an intelligent reader could really understand their implications. For this purpose it is of paramount importance to analyse in everyday language the hidden meaning of the mathematical formalism. This is a tremendous task, and it seems doubtful if readers who have no knowledge of higher mathematics can in this way be made to understand what is meant by infinite matrices, eigenvectors, invariants, etc. A few chapters are devoted to the discussion of the nature of particles and of waves, and the author makes every effort to explain the apparent contradiction between the two aspects of one and the same phenomenon. In spite of this, I think, the average reader will sometimes feel rather giddy from the exertion of having constantly to change his angle of view during complicated discussions, like the one on the meson theory of nuclear forces.
Natur und Erkenntnis Die
Welt in der Konstruktion des heutigen Physikers. Von Prof. Arthur March. Pp. viii + 239. (Wien : Springer-Verlag, 1948.) 21s.
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FÜRTH, R. Natur und Erkenntnis Die. Nature 162, 509 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162509a0
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