Socialist Appeal - International Marxist Tendency
Marxism. Socialism. Revolution.
Since the 1930s a dominant trend has existed within the scientific community that explains quantum mechanics with all kinds of idealistic and mystical interpretations. Now, however, unexpected discoveries in the field of fluid mechanics has the potential to reaffirm a dialectical and materialist explanation for these scientific phenomena.
In the final part of his series on the crisis of cosmology, Adam Booth looks at the more recent attempts to take the field of theoretical physics forward and explains the role that Marxism and the philosophy of dialectical materialism can play in guiding scientific research.
Continuing his series on the crisis of cosmology, Adam Booth analyses the philosophical problems at the heart of quantum mechanics and explains the problems facings scientists who are attempting to reconcile this theory with Einstein's theory of General Relativity to create a "Theory of Everything".
For many years now, storm clouds have been amassing on the horizon in the field of theoretical physics, with an accumulation of evidence and inconsistencies that bring the current cosmological models into question. In the first of a three-part series, Adam Booth explores and analyses the crisis in modern science from a Marxist perspective.
Marxism attaches great importance to the question of science. Here we see both the potential for human advance and the destructive grip of capitalism. In this article, adapted from the 2002 introduction to the German edition of Reason in Revolt, Alan Woods looks at how the ideas of Marxism relate to the most recent scientific developments and the crisis of capitalism.