Butsuri Gaku No Hatten Math & Science (Chiku Ma Gakugei Bunko Ya 18-7 Yamamoto Yoshitaka Jisen Ronshu 2)

[Machine Translation] Physics has made tremendous progress since the beginning of the modern era. This book, the final volume of a self-selected collection, traces the path from classical mechanics to the birth of quantum theory and quantum mechanics, while tracing the innovative achievements in thermodynamics and electromagnetism in the 18th and 19th centuries. The book contains 12 articles in total, including "Kant and the Collapse of the Solar System," which discusses Kant's work on Euler, "Mechanics and Thermodynamics," which looks at the formation and development of thermodynamics, "Quantum Theory and Quantum Mechanics," an introduction to quantum mechanics, and "An Introduction to Relativity," an extensive revision of a basic lecture on relativity that he once gave to students at a preparatory school.

近代に入り、飛躍的な発展を遂げた物理学。自選論集の完結編にあたる本書では、熱力学や電磁気学などの18、19世紀における革新的な成果を跡づけつつ、古典力学から量子論・量子力学の誕生までの道筋をたどる。18世紀を代表する数学者オイラーをめぐる「Eulerの力学」、近代における宇宙像の転換を論じた「カントと太陽系の崩壊」、熱力学の形成と発展を概観する「力学と熱学」、量子力学の入門となる「量子論から量子力学へ 量子力学入門」、さらにはかつて予備校生に向けて語った相対性理論の基礎講義に大幅な加筆修正を施した「相対性理論入門講座」など、計12本の論考を収録。