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Philosophy and Pictures of Physics [Uncertain Principles]
I’ve been sort of falling down on my obligation to promote myself– I’ve written two blog posts for Forbes this week, and forgotten to post about them here. The first is a thing about philosophy in physics, and how Einstein illustrates both the good and bad aspects of a philosophical approach.
The second is a bit on the listicle side, looking at some types of diagrams that physicists draw when talking about physics. It’s prompted by a ZapperZ post noting that scientists talking about science always draw pictures, but other subjects get by with just talking.
These are both quickly-dashed-off sorts of things, as I’ve had a wretched cold for the last week and a bit, and didn’t have the brain for any really in-depth physics. And, of course, the philosophy thing has gotten an order of magnitude more views than last week’s in-depth dog physics post. Ah, the Internet…
Anyway, if you hadn’t seen those before, well, there they are. Go on over and read them. Or don’t. It’s all good.
Source: http://scienceblogs.com/principles/2015/05/13/philosophy-and-pictures-of-physics/
