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

By Vesselin Petkov (Eds.) , Ronny Desmet (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2010
ISBN
3642135374, 9783642135378
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-13538-5
Open Library ID
OL25176845M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3354658 bytes)
Series
Fundamental Theories of Physics 167
Edition
1
Pages
314\328
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Classical and Quantum GravitationRelativity Theory

Description

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 philosophy of space and time.

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