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100 1 _aWells, James D.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aEffective Theories in Physics
_h[electronic resource] :
_bFrom Planetary Orbits to Elementary Particle Masses /
_cby James D. Wells.
264 1 _aBerlin, Heidelberg :
_bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2012.
300 _aXI, 73 p.
_bonline resource.
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490 1 _aSpringerBriefs in Physics,
_x2191-5423
505 0 _aThe Utility of Effective Theories -- Harmonic Oscillator as an Effective Theory -- Effective Theories of Classical Gravity -- Effective Theories and Elementary Particle Masses -- Effective Theories and Theory Choice.
520 _aThere is significant interest in the Philosophy of Science community to understand the role that "effective theories" have in the work of forefront science. The ideas of effective theories have been implicit in science for a long time, but have only been articulated well in the last few decades. Since Wilson's renormalization group revolution in the early 1970's, the science community has come to more fully understand its power, and by the mid-1990's it had gained its apotheosis. It is still one of the most powerful concepts in science, which has direct impact in how one thinks about and formulates theories of nature. It is this power that this Brief sets out to emphasize through historical analysis and current examples.
650 0 _aPhysics.
650 0 _aScience
_xPhilosophy.
650 1 4 _aPhysics.
650 2 4 _aTheoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.
650 2 4 _aHistory and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.
650 2 4 _aPhilosophy of Science.
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830 0 _aSpringerBriefs in Physics,
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