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The Role of Mathematics in Physical Sciences: Interdisciplinary and Philosophical Aspects (repost)

The Role of Mathematics in Physical Sciences: Interdisciplinary and Philosophical Aspects by Giovanni Boniolo, Paolo Budinich and Majda Trobok
English | 2005-06-01 | ISBN: 1402031068, 9048167949 | 245 pages | PDF | 1 mb
The Role of Mathematics in Physical Sciences: Interdisciplinary and Philosophical Aspects

The Role of Mathematics in Physical Sciences: Interdisciplinary and Philosophical Aspects by Giovanni Boniolo, Paolo Budinich, Majda Trobok
English | PDF | 2005 | 246 Pages | ISBN : 1402031068 | 2.3 MB

Even though mathematics and physics have been related for centuries and this relation appears to be unproblematic, there are many questions still open: Is mathematics really necessary for physics, or could physics exist without mathematics? Should we think physically and then add the mathematics apt to formalise our physical intuition, or should we think mathematically and then interpret physically the obtained results? Do we get mathematical objects by abstraction from real objects, or vice versa? Why is mathematics effective into physics?