TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wells,James D.
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Effective Theories in Physics: From Planetary Orbits to Elementary Particle Masses 
T2  - SpringerBriefs in Physics,
SN  - 9783642348921
AV  - QC19.2-20.85 
U1  - 530.1 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Berlin, Heidelberg
PB  - Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Mathematical physics
KW  - Physics
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Science
KW  - Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics
KW  - Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy
KW  - Philosophy of Science
N1  - The Utility of Effective Theories -- Harmonic Oscillator as an Effective Theory -- Effective Theories of Classical Gravity -- Effective Theories and Elementary Particle Masses -- Effective Theories and Theory Choice; Open Access
N2  - This open access book… There is significant interest in the Philosophy of Science community to understand the role that "effective theories" have in the work of forefront science. The ideas of effective theories have been implicit in science for a long time, but have only been articulated well in the last few decades. Since Wilson's renormalization group revolution in the early 1970's, the science community has come to more fully understand its power, and by the mid-1990's it had gained its apotheosis. It is still one of the most powerful concepts in science, which has direct impact in how one thinks about and formulates theories of nature. It is this power that this Brief sets out to emphasize through historical analysis and current examples
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34892-1
ER  -