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Download or read book From Quarks to Quasars written by Robert G. Colodny and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2010-11-23 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the history of science, only three hundred years separate the discoveries of Galileo and Albert Einstein. Recent science has brought us relativity theory, quantum mechanics, and elementary particle physics-in a radical and mercurial departure from earlier developments. In this collection of essays, four philosophers and one physicist consider the interactions of mathematics and physics with logic and philosophy in the rapidly changing environment of modern science.