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Principles, philosophy of science: physical principles are not the same as laws of nature. Rather, laws can be gained from principles or traced back to principles. Examples are the principle of the shortest time, the principle of the smallest effect, the uncertainty principle. See also theories, laws of nature, laws, natural constants.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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Kip Thorne on Principles - Dictionary of Arguments

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Principle of Relativity/Einstein/Thorne: in physical laws, of whatever kind, all states of motion must be treated as coordinate (equal).
>Laws
, >Laws of nature, >Relativity theory, >Symmetries, >Conservation laws.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Thorne I
Kip S. Thorne
Gekrümmter Raum und verbogene Zeit München 1996

Thorne II
Kip S. Thorne
Christopher Nolan
The Science of Interstellar New York 2014


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