Probability in Physics by Yemima Ben-Menahem
English | PDF(Repost),EPUB | 2012 | 325 Pages | ISBN : 3642213286 | 4.6 MB
What is the role and meaning of probability in physical theory, in particular in two of the most successful theories of our age, quantum physics and statistical mechanics? Laws once conceived as universal and deterministic, such as Newton‘s laws of motion, or the second law of thermodynamics, are replaced in these theories by inherently probabilistic laws.