Physical relativity : space-time structure from a dynamical perspective /
Examining the Einstein's reservations about the way he formulated his theory of relativity, this text looks at the grounds of these doubts on the part of a handful of physicists and philosophers in the course of the 20th century.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford : Oxford ; New York :
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
2005.
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| Series: | Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Philosophy module. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Overview
- 2. The physics of coordinate transformations
- 3. The relativity principle and the fable of Albert Keinstein
- 4. The trailblazers
- 5. Einstein's principle-theory approach
- 6. Variations on the Einstein theme
- 7. Unconventional voices on special relativity
- 8. What is special relativity?
- 9. The view from general relativity
- App. A. Einstein on general covariance
- App. B. Special relativity and quantum theory.