Theory construction and selection in modern physics : the S matrix /
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| Author / Creator: | Cushing, James T., 1937- |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990. |
| Description: | xviii, 409 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1093678 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. Introduction and background
- 2. Origin of the S-matrix: Heisenberg-s program and a background to dispersion theory
- 3. Dispersion relations
- 4. Another route to a theory based on analytic reaction amplitudes
- 5. The analytic S-matrix
- 6. The bootstrap and Regge poles
- 7. An autonomous S-matrix program
- 8. The duality program
- 9. -Data- for a methodological study
- 10. Methodological lessons
- Appendix
- Notes
- References
- Glossary of technical terms (from physics and from philosophy)
- Some key figures and their positions
- Index
