"On Foundations of Seismology: Bringing Idealizations Down to Earth" by James Robert Brown, Michael A Slawinski
"On Foundations of Seismology: Bringing Idealizations Down to Earth" by James Robert Brown, Michael A Slawinski
WSP | 2017 | ISBN: 9814329495 9813207027 9814329509 9789814329507 9789813207028 9789814329491 | 182 pages | PDF | 12 MB
WSP | 2017 | ISBN: 9814329495 9813207027 9814329509 9789814329507 9789813207028 9789814329491 | 182 pages | PDF | 12 MB
This remarkable collaboration between a mathematical physicist and a science philosopher concerns foundational and conceptual issues in seismology.
Their aim is to present mathematical, physical and philosophical topics in a clear and concise manner. They provide an extensive philosophical discussion of the methods of science and show how seismology fits in.
They explain with care and precision the basic structure of seismology, which is built on classical continuum mechanics. Not only do they explain how various models work in seismology, they also include an extensive discussion of the nature of models and idealizations.
Readership: Students and researchers in natural sciences and in philosophy of science.
Contents
Preface
Aspects of Seismological Theory
Nature of Science and Its Methods
On Continua and Models
Continuum Mechanics: General Principles, Constitutive Relations
Hookean Solids
Forward and Inverse Problems
Intertheory and Intratheory Relations
Afterword
Bibliography
Subject Index
Name Index
About the Authors and Illustrator
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