Robert Disalle

Understanding Space-Time

The Philosophical Development of Physics from Newton to Einstein

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presents the history of space-time physics, from Newton to Einstein, as philosophical and scientific developments.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 287g
• ISBN-13: 9780521083171
• ISBN-10: 0521083176
• Artikelnr.: 24764508

Autorenporträt

Robert DiSalle is Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario. His publications include a contribution to The Cambridge Companion to Newton (2002).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Absolute motion and the emergence of classical mechanics
3. Empiricism and apriorism from Kant to Poincaré
4. The origins of significance of relativity theory
5. Conclusion.