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Space, Time, and Spacetime: Physical and Philosophical Implications of Minkowski's Unification of Space and Time

Space, Time, and Spacetime: Physical and Philosophical Implications of Minkowski's Unification of Space and Time

Petkov, Vesselin

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Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics, Book 167

History & Philosophy of SciencePhysics

ISBN10: 3642264913
ISBN13: 9783642264917
Publisher: Springer
Published: Nov 5 2012
Pages: 314
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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.- II: Implications of Minkowski's Ideas for the Philosophy of Space and Time.- Minkowski's Proper Time and the Status of the Clock Hypothesis.-Why Spacetime is not a Hidden Cause: A Realist Story.- Structural Explanations in Minkowski Spacetime: Which Account of Models?.-Relativity of Simultaneity and Eternalism: In Defense of the Block Universe.- Minkowski Spacetime and Thermodynamics.-No Presentism in Quantum Gravity.-III. The Impact of Minkowski's Ideas Beyond the Philosophy of Space and Time.- Spacetime, Phenomenology, and the Picture Theory of Language.- The Fate of Mathematical Place: Objectivity and the Theory of Lived-Space from Husserl to Casey.

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