Hendricks V.F., Jørgensen K.F., Lützen J., Pedersen S.A. (eds.) Interactions: Mathematics, Physics and Philosophy, 1860-1930

Springer, 2006. — 338 p. — (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science)This is an outstanding collection of original essays. All of them concern the history and philosophy of mathematics and physics in the years from 1870 to 1930. More specifically, they are intellectual histories of the interactions between the three disciplines, philosophy, mathematics and physics, in that period. And as the essays bring out, what a period it was: of both ferment and synergy, heat and light! Most of the giants - especially Helmholtz, Hertz, Poincare, Hilbert, Einstein and Weyl - are here: engaging not just in physics and mathematics but also in philosophy, often together, or with figures like Schlick. The editors are to be congratulated on a major contribution to our understanding of one of the most complex but fertile periods in the history of all three disciplines.Kant, Helmholtz and the Determinacy of Physical Notes (by David Hyder).
A Mechanical Image: Heinrich Hertz's Principles of Mechanics (by Jesper Lützen).
From Classical to Relativistic Mechanics: Electromagnetic Models of the Electron (by Michel Janssen, Matthew Mecklenburg).
Enriques: Popularising Science and the Problems of Geometry (by Jeremy Gray).
Hilbert's Axiomatic Approach to the Foundations of Science—A Failed Research Program? (by Ulrich Majer).
The Space between Helmholtz and Einstein: Moritz Schlick on Spatial Intuition and the Foundations of Geometry (by Helmut Pulte).
Mathematical Structure, “World Structure,” and the Philosophical Turning-Point in Modern Physics (by Robert Disalle).
Einstein's Allies and Enemies: Debating Relativity in Germany, 1916–1920 (by David E. Rowe).
The Changing Concept of Matter in H. Weyl's Thought, 1918–1930 (by Erhard Scholz).
Why Does the Standard Measure Work in Statistical Mechanics? (by Lawrence Sklar).