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  • The Humanistic Background of Science

    by Philipp Frank ...
    Series series SUNY series in American Philosophy and Cultural Thought
    The once-lost introduction to the philosophy of science by Philipp Frank (1884-1966), a leading member of the Vienna circle of philosophers and biographer of Albert Einstein.Philipp Frank (1884–1966) was an influential philosopher of science, public intellectual, and Harvard educator whose last book, The Humanistic Background of Science, is finally available. Never published in his lifetime, this ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Einstein

    by Philipp Frank ...
    Much has been written about Albert Einstein, technical and biographical, but very little remains as valuable as this unique hybrid of a book written by Einstein’s colleague and contemporary. Both rich in personal insights and grounded in a deep knowledge of twentieth-century science, Phillip Frank's biography anchors the reader with a lucid overview of physics and draws an intimate portrait of the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Philosophy of Science

    The Link Between Science and Philosophy

    by Philipp Frank ...
    A great mathematician and teacher bridges the gap between science and the humanities in this exposition of the philosophy of science. Philipp Frank, a distinguished physicist and philosopher in his own right, traces the history of science from Aristotle to Einstein to illustrate philosophy’s ongoing role in the scientific process.Suitable for undergraduate students and other readers, this volume ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Law of Causality and Its Limits

    by Philipp Frank ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    The Law of Causality and its Limits was the principal philosophical work of the physicist turned philosopher, Philipp Frank. Born in Vienna on March 20, 1884, Frank died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on July 21, 1966. He received his doctorate in 1907 at the University of Vienna in theoretical physics, having studied under Ludwig Boltzmann; his sub sequent research in physics and mathematics was ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

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  • Tesla

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  • The View From Nowhere

    by Thomas Nagel ...
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