Dear all, I'll be very sorry to miss this term! I hope it goes well. Hasok
On 20 Jan 2013, at 23:50, Dr J.N. Butterfield wrote: > Dear colleagues: > > The Philosophy and History of Physics Reading Group will meet this term at > its usual time, Tuesdays 2.00 to 3.00 pm; in Seminar Room 1, HPS department; > starting this Tuesday 22 January. > > We so far propose to take as our book: > > Drawing Theories Apart; by David Kaiser (University of Chicago, 2005) > It discusses the dispersion of Feynman diagrams in quantum physics from 1947 > onwards, mostly from a pedagogic and institutional, rather than technical, > perspective. > (so don.t be put off by the prospect of technicality; I counted only three > equations in the book: in particular, it is much less technical than last > terms book) > > It will be on Reserve in Whipple library (and is in paperback for ca £20) > > The first three weeks are: > 22 January: J Butterfield: introduction to quantum theory and Feynman > diagrams; > For this, you don.t need to read a line of Kaiser, or any other book. > > Then we will get started on the book: > 29 January: C Ramalingam > 5 February: N Bouatta > > Other weeks will be decided in the first session or two. > > > > > Best, Jeremy > > ------ > Jeremy Butterfield: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Butterfield > Homepage: http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/butterfield/ > Trinity College, Cambridge CB2 1TQ > Tel: 01223 761524 (office); 07557-668413 (mobile); NB: new mobile number. > Visit the journal, Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics > http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13552198 > > > > _____________________________________________________ Sent by the CamPhilEvents mailing list. To unsubscribe or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents Posts are archived here: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive
