11. Symmetries Guiding Modern Science

Author: van Fraassen, Bas C.

Source: Laws and Symmetry, November 1989 , pp. 262-291(30)

Publisher: Oxford Scholarship Online Monographs

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Abstract:

The concepts analysed and developed in the previous chapter are applied to discussions of the development of modern mechanics, including symmetries of space and time, relativity, conservation laws, invariance and covariance, and the relation to older ideas of laws of nature.

Keywords: symmetries of space; mechanics; invariance; conservation law; relativity; time; space; covariance

Document Type: Research article

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