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28 - Max Planck, 1858–1947(1967)

from Part Three - Encyclopedia Entries(1958–1967)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2015

Stefano Gattei
Affiliation:
IMT Institute for Advanced Studies, Italy
Joseph Agassi
Affiliation:
Tel-Aviv University
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Physics and Philosophy
Philosophical Papers
, pp. 378 - 382
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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Works by Planck

Theory of Heat Radiation, translated by Masius, Morton, Philadelphia, 1914; 2d ed., New York, 1959.Google Scholar
Eight Lectures on Theoretical Physics, translated by Wills, A. P., New York, 1915. Lectures given at Columbia University in 1909.Google Scholar
The Origin and Development of the Quantum Theory, translated by Clarke, H. T. and Silberstein, L.. Oxford, 1922. Nobel Prize address.Google Scholar
A Survey of Physics; A Collection of Lectures and Essays, translated by Jones, R. and Williams, D. H., London, 1925. Reissued as A Survey of Physical Theory, New York, 1960.Google Scholar
Treatise on Thermodynamics, translated by Ogg, Alexander, London, 1927; 3rd rev. ed., New York, 1945.Google Scholar
Introduction to Theoretical Physics, translated by Brose, Henry L., 5 vols., London 1932–1933; New York, 1949. Includes Gen[314a]eral Mechanics, The Mechanics of Deformable Bodies, Theory of Electricity and Magnetism, Theory of Light, and Theory of Heat.Google Scholar
Scientific Autobiography and Other Papers, translated by Gaynor, Frank, New York, 1949.Google Scholar
The New Science, translated by Murphy, James and Johnson, W. H., New York, 1959. Includes Where is Science Going? (a defense of determinism with a preface by Albert Einstein), The Universe in the Light of Modern Physics, and The Philosophy of Physics.Google Scholar

Works on Planck

Schlick, Moritz, “Positivism and Realism”, in Ayer, A. J., ed., Logical Positivism, Glencoe, Ill., 1959. This essay was a direct reply to the criticism of positivism that Planck expressed in Positivismus und reale Außenwelt, Leipzig, 1931.Google Scholar
Vogel, H., Zum philosophischen Wirken Max Plancks, Berlin, 1961. Excellent biography with detailed bibliography.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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