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Jimena Canales introduces readers to the revolutionary ideas of Einstein and Bergson, describes how they dramatically collided in Paris, and traces how this clash of worldviews reverberated across the twentieth century. She shows how it provoked responses from figures such as Bertrand Russell and Martin Heidegger, and carried repercussions for American pragmatism, logical positivism, phenomenology, and quantum mechanics. Canales explains how the new technologies of the period--such as wristwatches, radio, and film--helped to shape people's conceptions of time and further polarized the public debate. She also discusses how Bergson and Einstein, toward the end of their lives, each reflected on his rival's legacy--Bergson during the Nazi occupation of Paris and Einstein in the context of the first hydrogen bomb explosion.

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Science: general issues Philosophy of science

• Full title: Physicist and the Philosopher
• Author: Jimena Canales
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 488
• EAN: 9780691173177
• ISBN: 9780691173177
• ID: 01018525
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Weight: 762 g
• Dimensions: 157 × 235 × 32 mm
• Date of publishing: 04. October 2016

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