Theoretical physics and philosophical problems
- Kind
- Book
- Date
- 1974
- Publisher
- Springer
- Retrieved
- Jan 19, 2012
- ISBN
- xKTQ4kJoRN
2 memes from this reference
A System Cannot Return to Its Original State Left to Itself
Since a given system can never of its own accord go over into another equally probable state but into a more probable one, it is likewise impossible to construct a system of bodies that after traversing various states returns periodically to its original state, that is a perpetual motion machine.
Evolving Methods of Science
A closer look at the course followed by developing theory reveals for a start that it is by no means as continuous as one might expect, but full of breaks and at least apparently not along the shortest logical path. Certain methods often afforded the most handsome results only the other day, and many might well have…