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Mach’s Principle: From Newton’s Bucket to Quantum Gravity

By Julian B. Barbour , Herbert Pfister

Book information

Publisher
Birkhäuser Boston
Year
1995
ISBN
9780817638238, 9783764338237, 0817638237, 3764338237
LCC
QC137 .M33 1995
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
7 MB (7708427 bytes)
Series
Progress in Mathematics
Edition
1
Pages
546\546
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46
Физика;Теория относительности и альтернативные тео

Description

I'm hopeful that we will be hearing more about Mach's Principle in the future. Modern Physics may provide the theoretical underpinings that eluded Mach and his contemporaries. It was fascinating to learn just how sketchy Mach's contribution's were- and that the development of a theory of inertia were instead made by Mach's colleges. My only regrets were that the work of Dennis Sciama and Roger Penrose were not included. This book illuminates a topic in physics that is controversial, problematic, and very interesting.

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