Table of Contents

1. The approach to the external world; 2. The methods of science; 3. The framework of the external world: space and time; 4. Mechanism; 5. The texture of the external world: matter and radiation; 6. Wave-mechanics; 7. Indeterminacy; 8. Events.

Promotional Information

Published in 1934 The New Background of Science took advantage of a comparatively 'quiescent' period in physical investigation when fundamental theories and findings gained wide acceptance.