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Can anyone please suggest me the best book in which physics and its development is explained in a philosophical manner??Thanks in advance!!

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I appreciate what you are looking for here, but you need to clean up your question a bit. For one, asking for "the best" of something on a soft question is too vague. Also, you need to clarify what you mean by "in a philosophical manner." Are you looking for a serious book on the philosophy of science as it applies to modern physics? or a pop-science book about modern physics that incorporates philosophy? – AdamRedwine Aug 13 '12 at 20:38
Adam is right. We have a few book recommendation questions but they're limited to the standard textbooks. Besides, even if philosophy of physics were to be considered a standard area, it might well go on the Philosophy site. – David Zaslavsky♦ Aug 14 '12 at 5:48
There is a book ' Philosophical Foundations of Quantum Field theory'. amazon.com/… – DJBunk Aug 14 '12 at 12:52

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AdamRedwine was correct in that asking for 'the best' book concerning physics that incorporates philosophy is a too broad a question. However, I do have a suggestion that may be good depending on the more esoteric details of your interests: "A brief history of time" by Stephen Hawking; it's a classic. It has several parts that discuss the history of physics, and is undoubtedly presented in a philosophical manner (unless you view philosophy solely as speculation that is eventually answered by objective and empirical scientific testing). However, it does not describe ALL topics regarding physics but is nevertheless an interesting 'physics' book.

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