The interaction of physics and chemistry: reductionism and self -organization. 2nd edition, supplemented. Pechenkin A.A.

The interaction of two fundamental areas of natural science - physics and chemistry - has become an essential factor in the intensification of scientific research and acceleration of scientific and technological progress. Therefore, the patterns of their interaction are increasingly attracting the attention of scientists-experts, specialists in the field of organization of science and philosophers. The book considers the question of the place of these sciences in the structure of natural science and material production, the main stages and directions of their interaction are distinguished, the methodological concepts of knowledge integration are critically analyzed; Materials from the history of natural science and technology are contained, vivid and often little -known facts are used.

The book is recommended for philosophers, scientists, historians and methodologists of science, as well as readers interested in philosophical problems of natural science, issues of philosophy, methodology and history of science.