Discussing Werner Heisenberg's "Physics And Philosophy"

Опубликовано: 30 Июль 2026
на канале: Vollrath Publishing
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In this episode of Canonball we discuss "Physics And Philosophy," which was written by Werner Heisenberg and published in 1962.

0:00 Introduction

2:03 Why I Wanted To Read This Book

6:10 Heisenberg's Education And Youth

16:43 The Uncertainty Principle

20:10 Lectures, The Nobel Prize, Politics, And His Family

21:59 The German Nuclear Program, Orders For His Assassination, And The Farm Hall Transcripts

25:42 Beginning Of Passages From "Physics And Philosophy"

28:52 The Copenhagen Interpretation

37:15 Ancient Greek Philosophers And Modern Science

47:06 Descartes, The Renaissance, The Reformation, Sectarian Wars, And The Emergence Of Modern Science

50:03 Quantum Theory Disrupting The Cartesian Partition

54:56 The Limits Of Language, The Past And Future, And The Evidence For Relativity

59:52 Science And Ideology

1:04:27 More On Language And On Science And Technology Disrupting Culture

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