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Old and new questions in physics, cosmology, philosophy and theoretical biology: Festschrift Yourgrau (Wolfgang)
Simply to say that this is a collection of essays in honor of the late Wolfgang Yourgrau (1908-1979) is to explain, at least for-the obviously many-"insiders," the unusually wide-ranging title of the present volume. In a Foreword to the Proceedings of the First International Colloquium (fo...
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description | Simply to say that this is a collection of essays in honor of the late Wolfgang Yourgrau (1908-1979) is to explain, at least for-the obviously many-"insiders," the unusually wide-ranging title of the present volume. In a Foreword to the Proceedings of the First International Colloquium (focusing on logic, physical reality, and history), held at the University of Denver in May of 1966 under their leadership, Wolfgang Y ourgrau and Allen Breck wrote, in an oblique reference to C. P. Snow: "Indeed there are not two or three or four cultures: there is only one culture; our generation has lost its awareness of this . . . . Historians, logicians, physicists-all are banded in one common enterprise, namely in their des ire to weave an enlightened fabric of human knowledge. " Augment, if you will, the foregoing categories of scholars with biologists, philos ophers, cosmologists, and theologians-all of whom, in addition to historians, Wolf gang Yourgrau, by dint of his inextinguishable enthusiasm and charismatic qualities, assembled in Denver for the Second and Third International Colloquia (in 1967 and 1974, respectively)-and a few other besides, and one arrives at a statement of the credo wh ich Y ourgrau not only professed, but consistently exemplified throughout his adult life. |
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spelling | cern-988222021-07-30T13:29:55Zdoi:10.1007/978-1-4684-8830-2http://cds.cern.ch/record/98822engVan der Merwe, AlwynOld and new questions in physics, cosmology, philosophy and theoretical biology: Festschrift Yourgrau (Wolfgang)Physics in GeneralSimply to say that this is a collection of essays in honor of the late Wolfgang Yourgrau (1908-1979) is to explain, at least for-the obviously many-"insiders," the unusually wide-ranging title of the present volume. In a Foreword to the Proceedings of the First International Colloquium (focusing on logic, physical reality, and history), held at the University of Denver in May of 1966 under their leadership, Wolfgang Y ourgrau and Allen Breck wrote, in an oblique reference to C. P. Snow: "Indeed there are not two or three or four cultures: there is only one culture; our generation has lost its awareness of this . . . . Historians, logicians, physicists-all are banded in one common enterprise, namely in their des ire to weave an enlightened fabric of human knowledge. " Augment, if you will, the foregoing categories of scholars with biologists, philos ophers, cosmologists, and theologians-all of whom, in addition to historians, Wolf gang Yourgrau, by dint of his inextinguishable enthusiasm and charismatic qualities, assembled in Denver for the Second and Third International Colloquia (in 1967 and 1974, respectively)-and a few other besides, and one arrives at a statement of the credo wh ich Y ourgrau not only professed, but consistently exemplified throughout his adult life.Plenumoai:cds.cern.ch:988221983 |
spellingShingle | Physics in General Van der Merwe, Alwyn Old and new questions in physics, cosmology, philosophy and theoretical biology: Festschrift Yourgrau (Wolfgang) |
title | Old and new questions in physics, cosmology, philosophy and theoretical biology: Festschrift Yourgrau (Wolfgang) |
title_full | Old and new questions in physics, cosmology, philosophy and theoretical biology: Festschrift Yourgrau (Wolfgang) |
title_fullStr | Old and new questions in physics, cosmology, philosophy and theoretical biology: Festschrift Yourgrau (Wolfgang) |
title_full_unstemmed | Old and new questions in physics, cosmology, philosophy and theoretical biology: Festschrift Yourgrau (Wolfgang) |
title_short | Old and new questions in physics, cosmology, philosophy and theoretical biology: Festschrift Yourgrau (Wolfgang) |
title_sort | old and new questions in physics, cosmology, philosophy and theoretical biology: festschrift yourgrau (wolfgang) |
topic | Physics in General |
url | https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8830-2 http://cds.cern.ch/record/98822 |
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