Trees suck. Notes on the physics of transpiration in trees

Authors: Brown, Harvey R. ^⁎, Sutton, Adrian P.

Source: In Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology March 2025 195:71-86

Everettian probabilities, the Deutsch-Wallace theorem and the Principal Principle

Authors: Brown, Harvey R., Porath, Gal Ben

Source: Published in: M. Hemmo, O. Shenker (eds.), Quantum, Probability, Logic: Itamar Pitowsky's Work and Influence, Jerusalem Studies in Philosophy and History of Science, pp. 165-198, Springer, Cham (2020)

Subject Terms: Quantum Physics

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2010.11591

Do symmetries 'explain' conservation laws? The modern converse Noether theorem vs pragmatism

Authors: Brown, Harvey R.

Subject Terms: Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2010.10909

Do symmetries 'explain' conservation principles? The modern converse Noether theorem vs pragmatism

Authors: Brown, Harvey R.

Source: Brown, Harvey R. (2020) Do symmetries "explain" conservation principles? The modern converse Noether theorem vs pragmatism. [Preprint]

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Relation: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/18285/

The dynamical approach to spacetime theories

Authors: Brown, Harvey R., Read, James

Source: Brown, Harvey R. and Read, James (2018) The dynamical approach to spacetime theories. [Preprint]

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Relation: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/14592/

Two Miracles of General Relativity

Authors: Read, James, Brown, Harvey R., Lehmkuhl, Dennis

Source: Read, James and Brown, Harvey R. and Lehmkuhl, Dennis (2018) Two Miracles of General Relativity. [Preprint]

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Relation: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/14589/

Once and for all: the curious role of probability in the Past Hypothesis

Authors: Brown, Harvey R.

Source: Brown, Harvey R. (2017) Once and for all: the curious role of probability in the Past Hypothesis. [Preprint]

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Relation: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/13008/

The reality of the wavefunction: old arguments and new

Authors: Brown, Harvey R.

Source: Brown, Harvey R. (2017) The reality of the wavefunction: old arguments and new. [Preprint]

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Relation: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/12978/

Clarifying possible misconceptions in the foundations of general relativity

Authors: Brown, Harvey R., Read, James

Subject Terms: Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/1512.09253

Clarifying possible misconceptions in the foundations of general relativity

Authors: Brown, Harvey R., Read, James

Source: Brown, Harvey R. and Read, James (2016) Clarifying possible misconceptions in the foundations of general relativity. [Preprint]

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Relation: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/11976/

Bell on Bell's theorem: The changing face of nonlocality

Authors: Brown, Harvey R., Timpson, Christopher G.

Subject Terms: Quantum Physics, Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/1501.03521

Ambiguities in order-theoretic formulations of thermodynamics

Authors: Marsland III, Robert, Brown, Harvey R., Valente, Giovanni

Subject Terms: Physics - Classical Physics

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/1407.7727

The theory of the rise of sap in trees: some historical and conceptual remarks

Authors: Brown, Harvey R.

Source: Physics in Perspective, 15 (2013), 320-358

Subject Terms: Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics, Physics - Biological Physics

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/1404.3066

Three Common Misconceptions in General Relativity

Authors: Brown, Harvey R., Read, James

Source: Brown, Harvey R. and Read, James (2015) Three Common Misconceptions in General Relativity. [Preprint]

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Relation: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/11836/

Einstein, the reality of space, and the action-reaction principle

Authors: Brown, Harvey R., Lehmkuhl, Dennis

Subject Terms: Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.4902

The non-relativistic limits of the Maxwell and Dirac equations: the role of Galilean and gauge invariance

Authors: Holland, Peter, Brown, Harvey R.

Source: Holland, Peter and Brown, Harvey R. (2002) The non-relativistic limits of the Maxwell and Dirac equations: the role of Galilean and gauge invariance. UNSPECIFIED. (In Press)

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Relation: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/999/

The behaviour of rods and clocks in general relativity, and the meaning of the metric field

Authors: Brown, Harvey R

Subject Terms: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/0911.4440

Comment on Valentini, 'De Broglie-Bohm Pilot-Wave Theory: Many Worlds in Denial?' [arXiv:0811.0810]

Authors: Brown, Harvey R.

Subject Terms: Quantum Physics

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/0901.1278

The different faces of time in physics.

Authors: Brown, Harvey R.

Source: Journal of Physics: Conference Series; 2024, Vol. 2877 Issue 1, p1-10, 10p

Boltzmann's H-theorem, its limitations, and the birth of (fully) statistical mechanics

Authors: Brown, Harvey R., Myrvold, Wayne

Subject Terms: Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/0809.1304