The Logic of Modern Physics

"The Logic of Modern Physics" is a landmark work in the philosophy of science, authored by Nobel Prize-winning physicist P.W. Bridgman. Written during the transformative era of relativity and quantum theory, this influential treatise introduces and defends the principle of operationalism-the revolutionary idea that physical concepts are defined solely by the operations used to measure them. By applying this rigorous standard, Bridgman seeks to clarify the conceptual foundations of physics a...