i. o Werner Heisenberg 2 iG Physics has recently opened up vast now fields of knowledge making it necessary for us to modify some of ‘our most basic philosophical and scientinc concepts— the pillars of cultures and civilizations. This, says F. S.C. Northrop in his introduction to the present volume, is “the major event of today's and tomorrow's world Werner Heisenberg was born in Wurzburg, Germany, in 1901. He was educated af the universitos of Municti and Gottingen and in, 1932 was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work in theoretical atomic physics. He 1s, how Director of the Max Planck Institute for Physics ‘and. Astrophysics in Munich. Author of many books, his memories of a life in science have recently appeared under the title Physies and Beyond Encounters and Conversations (World Perspectives No. 23) PGUSeIoRMOUIO MN (So (UG niaa EN eiCoctre nn ee Here we are moving away the great peaks of intelectual endeavour, where the boundaries. of the subject are transcended and all knowiodge is seen to bo one: itis Smastor hand that is loading us | ‘Books of the Month ig leetures, Hetsanterg 1s making him think. Anyono who willing to 80 s0\ wil find the Boole most ro- warding Institute of Physics and the Physical Society tho read stale han he sien of stimulate } the revolution in modern science ) ‘WORLD PERSPECTIVES NO.15 unwin university books iy »ox] enwin university booksane nd eed Rath Ns Aen Kept Cy Rebun Cone Jeph Newt Rhea aan "et Raber, Alar Sache CN Yop Arte Co, Jeg Mean ret of fh Seep aden poh ad Rai Mee lade Te Manin of oe Tit Cony Kvn E,Rsking WORLD PERSPECTIVES WERNER HEISENBERG Physics and Philosophy THE REVOLUTION IN MODERN SCIENCE skin House GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD‘Reb rt hi nmin, Aig wr gl pl wa ge pat fad 25° ele il senate a a cd wave nies S301 HEN S ‘em «ou WORLD PERSPECTIVES wort runseecrivis isa plan to preset short books in a variety of fields by the most responsible of contemporary thinkers. The purpose isto reveal basic new trends in modern civilization, to Interpret the creative forces at work inthe East aswell a inthe ‘West and to point to the new consciousness which can contr- bute toa deeper understanding ofthe intertlation of man and the universe, the individual and society, and of the values shared by all people. wont reasrecrives represents the workd com- ‘munity of ideas in a universe of discourse, emphasising the prin- ple of unity in mankind, of permanence within change. Recent developments in many fields of thought have opened ‘unsuspected prospects fora deeper understanding of man'sstua ton and for 8 proper appreciation of human values and hurnan aspirations. These prospects, though the outcome of purely specialized studies in limited feds require for their analysis and synthesis a new structure and frame in which they can be ex plore, enriched and advanced in all their aspects for the benefit ff man and society. Sucha structure and frame itsthe endeavour of wont ensrervs to define lading hopfully t 2 dctine ‘A Turther purpose of this Series i to attempt to overcome 2 principal ailment of humanity. namely the effects ofthe atomi- Zatlon of knowledge produced by the overwhelming acretion of facts which science has created; to clarify and synthesise ideas through the depth ferilization of minds: to show from diverse and important points of view the correlation of ideas, facts and Yalues which are in perpetual interplay; to demonstrate the ‘character, kinship, loge and operation of the entire organism of reality while showing the persistent interrelationshp of the processes ofthe human mind andin the interstices of knowledge, to reveal the inner synthesis and organic unity of life itself. tis the thesis of wortb rensrecrves that in spite of the