Einstein and the Changing Worldviews of Physics
This volume reviews conceptual conflicts at the foundations of physics now and in the past century. The focus is on the conditions and consequences of Einstein s pathbreaking achievements that sealed the decline of the classical notions of space, time, radiation, and matter, and resulted in the the...
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| Formato: | Livre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Boston, MA :
Birkhäuser Boston
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Cham : Springer Nature |
| Edição: | 1st ed. 2012. |
| coleção: | Einstein Studies
12 |
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L'impression du document génère xii-363 p. Archives Springer e-books (Licence nationale) Archives Springer e-books (Licence nationale) |
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| Edition sous un autre format: | • Einstein and the changing worldviews of physics, edited by Christoph Lehner, Jürgen Renn, Matthias Schemmel, Boston, Birkhäuser, 2012, 1 vol. (XII-363 p.), Einstein Studies, 978-0-8176-4939-5 • Einstein and the Changing Worldviews of Physics, Texte imprimé, 9780817649418 |
Sumário:
- Introduction Part I: At the Limits of the Classical Worldview Theories of Gravitation in the Twilight of Classical Physics The Newtonian Theory of Light Propagation Mach and Einstein, or, Clearing Troubled Waters in the History of Science Part II: Contexts of the Relativity Revolution Tilling the Seedbed of Einstein's Politics: A Pre-1905 Harbinger? The Early Reception of Einstein s Relativity among British Philosophers Science and Ideology in Einstein's Visit to South America in 1925 The Reception of Einstein's Relativity Theories in Literature and the Arts (1920 1950) Part III: The Emergence of the Relativistic Worldview Hilbert s Axiomatic Method and his "Foundations of Physics": Reconciling Causality with the Axiom of General Invariance Not Only Because of Theory: Dyson, Eddington and the Competing Myths of the 1919 Eclipse Expedition Peter Havas (1916 2004) Peter Bergmann and the Invention of Constrained Hamiltonian Dynamics Thoughts About a Conceptual Framework for Relativistic Gravity Part IV: A New Worldview in the Making Observational Tests of General Relativity: An Historical Look at Measurements Prior to the Advent of Modern Space-Borne Instruments Primordial Magnetic Fields and Cosmic Microwave Background Singularity Theorems in General Relativity: Achievements and Open Questions The History and Present Status of Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime The Border Between Relativity and Quantum Theory The Issue of the Beginning in Quantum Gravity