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Author : Edwin F. Taylor,John Archibald Wheeler
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1992-03-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 0716723271
This thoroughly up-to-date, highly accessible overview covers microgravity, collider accelerators, satellite probes, neutron detectors, radioastronomy, and pulsars.
Author : Lawrence Sklar
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0520061802
Author : Vesselin Petkov
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031497308
The book presents seven fundamental concepts in spacetime physics mostly by following Hermann Minkowski’s revolutionary ideas summarized in his 1908 lecture "Space and Time." These concepts are: spacetime, inertial and accelerated motion in spacetime physics, the origin and nature of inertia in spacetime physics, relativistic mass, gravitation, gravitational waves, and black holes. They have been selected because they appear to be causing most misconceptions and confusion in spacetime physics. This second edition has been revised to include additional clarifications, more detailed elaboration of the arguments and also new material published in the interim.
Author : Steve Adams
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781135739713
Provides the essential principles and results of special relativity as required by undergraduates. The text uses a geometric interpretation of space-time so that a general theory is seen as a natural extension of the special theory. Although most results are derived from first principles, complex and distracting mathematics is avoided and all mathe
Author : E.G.Peter Rowe
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781447138938
From the reviews: "This attractive book provides an account of the theory of special relativity from a geometrical viewpoint, explaining the unification and insights that are given by such a treatment. [...] Can be read with profit by all who have taken a first course in relativity physics." ASLIB Book Guide
Author : Robert DiSalle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2006-04-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 1139452665
Presenting the history of space-time physics, from Newton to Einstein, as a philosophical development DiSalle reflects our increasing understanding of the connections between ideas of space and time and our physical knowledge. He suggests that philosophy's greatest impact on physics has come about, less by the influence of philosophical hypotheses, than by the philosophical analysis of concepts of space, time and motion, and the roles they play in our assumptions about physical objects and physical measurements. This way of thinking leads to interpretations of the work of Newton and Einstein and the connections between them. It also offers ways of looking at old questions about a priori knowledge, the physical interpretation of mathematics, and the nature of conceptual change. Understanding Space-Time will interest readers in philosophy, history and philosophy of science, and physics, as well as readers interested in the relations between physics and philosophy.
Author : Antonio Vassallo
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000688009
This book provides an up-to-date overview of the foundations of spacetime physics. It features original essays written by world-class experts in the physics and philosophy of spacetime. The foundational questions regarding the origin and nature of spacetime are branching into new and exciting directions. These questions are not restricted to the quantum gravity program but also arise in the context of a well-established theory like general relativity. Against the background of these quick and diverse developments, this volume features a broad range of perspectives on spacetime. Part I focuses on the nature of spacetime in non-quantum theories, such as Newtonian mechanics and relativity. Part II explores some intriguing conceptual implications of developing a quantum theory of spacetime. The Foundations of Spacetime Physics is an essential resource for scholars and advanced students working in philosophy of physics, philosophy of science, and scientific metaphysics.
Author : Albert Reimer
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Science
ISBN : 1594543224
Spacetime Physics Research Trends
Author : Steve Adams
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 0203018605
Provides the essential principles and results of special relativity as required by undergraduates. The text uses a geometric interpretation of space-time so that a general theory is seen as a natural extension of the special theory. Although most results are derived from first principles, complex and distracting mathematics is avoided and all mathe
Author : Matthias Schemmel
Publisher : Springer
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319252414
This monograph investigates the development of human spatial knowledge by analyzing its elementary structures and studying how it is further shaped by various societal conditions. By taking a thoroughly historical perspective on knowledge and integrating results from various disciplines, this work throws new light on long-standing problems in epistemology such as the relation between experience and preformed structures of cognition. What do the orientation of apes and the theory of relativity have to do with each other? Readers will learn how different forms of spatial thinking are related in a long-term history of knowledge. Scientific concepts of space such as Newton’s absolute space or Einstein’s curved spacetime are shown to be rooted in pre-scientific structures of knowledge, while at the same time enabling the integration of an ever expanding corpus of experiential knowledge. This work addresses all readers interested in questions of epistemology, in particular philosophers and historians of science. It integrates forms of spatial knowledge from disciplines including anthropology, developmental psychology and cognitive sciences, amongst others.
Author : Dean Rickles
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780444531162
In this book Rickles considers several interpretative difficulties raised by gauge-type symmetries (those that correspond to no change in physical state). The ubiquity of such symmetries in modern physics renders them an urgent topic in philosophy of physics. Rickles focuses on spacetime physics, and in particular classical and quantum general relativity. Here the problems posed are at their most pathological, involving the apparent disappearance of spacetime! Rickles argues that both traditional ontological positions should be replaced by a structuralist account according to which relational structure is what the physics is about. · Unified treatment of gauge symmetries and their relationship to ontology in physics · Brings philosophy of space and time into step with developments in modern physics · Argues against the received view on the implications of symmetries in physics · Provides elementary treatments of technical issues · Illustrates a novel defense of structuralism
Author : Michael Friedman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781400855124
This book, explores the conceptual foundations of Einstein's theory of relativity: the fascinating, yet tangled, web of philosophical, mathematical, and physical ideas that is the source of the theory's enduring philosophical interest. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : Vesselin Petkov
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789048134755
Celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the 1909 publication of Minkowski’s seminal paper "Space and Time", this volume includes a fresh translation as well as the original in German, and a number of contributed papers on the still-controversial subject.
Author : Abhay Ashtekar,Vesselin Petkov
Publisher : Springer
Page : 883 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642419928
The Springer Handbook of Spacetime is dedicated to the ground-breaking paradigm shifts embodied in the two relativity theories, and describes in detail the profound reshaping of physical sciences they ushered in. It includes in a single volume chapters on foundations, on the underlying mathematics, on physical and astrophysical implications, experimental evidence and cosmological predictions, as well as chapters on efforts to unify general relativity and quantum physics. The Handbook can be used as a desk reference by researchers in a wide variety of fields, not only by specialists in relativity but also by researchers in related areas that either grew out of, or are deeply influenced by, the two relativity theories: cosmology, astronomy and astrophysics, high energy physics, quantum field theory, mathematics, and philosophy of science. It should also serve as a valuable resource for graduate students and young researchers entering these areas, and for instructors who teach courses on these subjects. The Handbook is divided into six parts. Part A: Introduction to Spacetime Structure. Part B: Foundational Issues. Part C: Spacetime Structure and Mathematics. Part D: Confronting Relativity theories with observations. Part E: General relativity and the universe. Part F: Spacetime beyond Einstein.
Author : Edwin F. Taylor,John Archibald Wheeler,Edmund William Bertschinger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Black holes (Astronomy)
ISBN : 0321512863