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Grandy, David A.

 
9780253220868: The Speed of Light: Constancy + Cosmos
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ISBN 10: 0253220866 ISBN 13: 9780253220868
Editorial: Indiana University Press (IPS), 2009

Sinopsis

The puzzle at the heart of this book-light speed constancy-is a bit hard to wrap your mind around, but that is part of the fun. Light-our experience of light, our measurement of light, and the notion that light speed is constant-can be understood to mark the very interface of us with the cosmos. David Grandy's book moves from the scientific to the existential, from Einstein to Merleau-Ponty and Heidegger, from light as a phenomenon to light as that which is constitutive of reality. To measure the speed of light is to measure something about the way we are measured or blended into the cosmos, and that universal blending pre-decides our measurement of light speed in favor of a universal or constant value. It's quite a trip, one aimed at scientists who have pondered light speed constancy, philosophers inclined to question the idea that mind and world are distinct, and for scientifically or philosophically inclined persons who enjoy stretching themselves in new ways.

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Acerca del autor

David A. Grandy is Professor of Philosophy at Brigham Young University and author (with Dan Burton) of Magic, Mystery, and Science (IUP, 2004) and Leo Szilard: Science as a Mode of Being. He lives in Orem, Utah.

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Editorial
Indiana University Press (IPS)
Año de publicación
2009
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0253220866
ISBN 13 
9780253220868
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Número de páginas
216
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