Space, time, and spacetime : physical and philosophical implications of Minkowski's unification of space and time
Title:
Space, time, and spacetime : physical and philosophical implications of Minkowski's unification of space and time
Author:
Petkov, Vesselin, 1949-
ISBN:
9783642135385
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Publication Information:
Berlin ; Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag, ©2010.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 314 pages) : illustrations.
Series:
Fundamental theories of physics ; v. 167
Fundamental theories of physics ; v. 167.
Contents:
Space, Time, and Spacetime; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Part I Minkowski's Representation of Special Relativity -- Examples of Its Impact on the Twentieth Century Physics; The Minkowskian Background of Whitehead's Theory of Gravitation; The Experimental Verdict on Spacetime from Gravity Probe B; Rigidity and the Ruler Hypothesis; Minkowski Space and Quantum Mechanics; Relativity and Quantum Field Theory; Ether, the Theory of Relativity and Quantum Physics; Part II Implications of Minkowski's Ideas for the Philosophy of Space and Time.
Abstract:
This volume is dedicated to the centennial anniversary of Minkowski's discovery of spacetime. It contains selected papers by physicists and philosophers on the Nature and Ontology of Spacetime. The first six papers, comprising Part I of the book, provide examples of the impact of Minkowski's spacetime representation of special relativity on the twentieth century physics. Part II also contains six papers which deal with implications of Minkowski's ideas for the philosophy of space and time. The last part is represented by two papers which explore the influence of Minkowski's ideas beyond the ph.
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