Boris Hessen: Physics and Philosophy in the Soviet Union, 1927–1931

Neglected Debates on Emergence and Reduction

This book presents key works of Boris Hessen, outstanding Soviet philosopher of science, available here in English for the first time. Boris Hessen is known in history of science circles for his “Social and Economic Roots of Newton’s Principia” presented in London (1931), which inspired new approaches in the West.

Contributor: Chris Talbot (Edited by), Chris Talbot (Translated by), Olga Pattison (Edited by), Olga Pattison (Translated by)

Translator: Chris Talbot, Olga Pattison

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