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Between Physics and Philosophy
1941rif. 055998Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1941. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. 238 Pp.Red Cloth Gilt. First Printing 1941 Date On Title Page. A Near Fine Book. No Marks In Book. Dj Aged / Browned Price $2.75 Slight Soiling A Few Minute Losses At Edges. Per Wikipedia Philipp Frank 1884 -1966 Was An Austrian-American Physicist Mathematician And Philosopher Of The Early-To-Mid 20Th Century. He Was A Logical Positivist And A Member Of The Vienna Circle. He Was Influenced By Mach And Was One Of The Machists Criticised By Lenin In Materialism And Empirio-Criticism. He Studied Physics At The University Of Vienna And Graduated In 1907 With A Thesis In Theoretical Physics Under The Supervision Of Ludwig Boltzmann. He Joined The Faculty There In 1910. Albert Einstein Recommended Him As His Successor For A Professorship At The German Charles-Ferdinand University Of Prague A Position Which He Held From 1912 Until 1938. Doctoral Students Included Reinhold Furth And Peter Bergmann. In 1938 He Was Invited By Harvard University To America As A Visiting Lecturer On Quantum Theory And The Philosophy Of Modern Physics. The Germans Having Invaded Czechoslovakia As He Was About To Begin His Scheduled Lecture Tour Frank A Jew Never Returned To His Position At Prague. And Instead Became A Lecturer On Physics And Mathematics At Harvard From That Year Until His Retirement In 1954. In 1947 He Founded The Institute For The Unity Of Science As Part Of The American Academy Of Arts And Sciences Aaas. This Arose After Howard Mumford Jones Then President Of The Aaas Had Issued A Call To Overcome The Fractionalization Of Knowledge Which He Felt The Aaas Well Suited To Address. The Institute Held Regular Meetings Attracting A Broad Range Of Participants. Quine Regarded The Organisation As A "Vienna Circle In Exile". Politically Frank Was A Socialist. Astronomer Halton Arp Described Frank's Philosophy Of Science Class At Harvard As Being His Favorite Elective.His Younger Brother Josef Frank Was A Noted Architect And Designer. Harvard University Press hardcover
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