contemporary physics
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contemporary
adjective
uk/kənˈtem.pər.ər.i/us/kənˈtem.pə.rer.i/
existing or happening now, and therefore ...
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physics
noun[U]
uk/ˈfɪz.ɪks/us/ˈfɪz.ɪks/
the scientific study of matter and energy and the effect that they have on ...
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His most-important fourth, the principle of causality is based on the finite velocity of propagation of effects and signals;contemporaryphysicsrejects the possibility of instantaneous action at a distance.
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Then nothing will remain of my whole castle in the air including the theory of gravitation, but also nothing of the rest ofcontemporaryphysics.
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For there is nothing incontemporaryphysicsthat excludes treating heaven as a parallel universe literally less than a mile from ours - or an inch.
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If random processes are ubiquitous, as some interpretations ofcontemporaryphysicssuggest, there will be little an omnipotent being can do.
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This scenario recalls the interaction of heterogeneous particles subject to random shocks that is the main theme of statistical mechanics incontemporaryphysics.
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As such, the situation is reminiscent of the wave versus particle viewpoints incontemporaryphysics.
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I cannot discuss here details of any tentative metaphysics that could be relevant tocontemporaryphysicsand other sciences.
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The detailed understanding of the physics of this class of magnetic substance is a lively and very active part ofcontemporaryphysics.
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If this is plausible where classical physics is concerned, it is surely that much more persuasive when we attend tocontemporaryphysics.
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The above survey of physical ideas is not intended to represent a settled picture of or a committed prediction about the metaphysical implications ofcontemporaryphysics.
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While research incontemporaryphysicsand other sciences increasingly relies on computer-generated simulations, the significance of such has not been sufficiently analyzed in the science studies literature.
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We shall see, however, that in addition to the concept of causality as regularity, that of causality as a way of bringing about also plays a role incontemporaryphysics.
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Advances incontemporaryphysicsenergy supplement!
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Condensed matter physics is the largest field ofcontemporaryphysics.
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Its justification lies in the finite velocity of propagation of effects and signals:contemporaryphysics rejects the possibility of instantaneous action at a distance.
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In fact, much of the geometrization that took place in the field of biology took its cues from the geometrization ofcontemporaryphysics.
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