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Relativity and the Nature of Spacetime: The Frontiers Collection

Autor Vesselin Petkov
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 noi 2011
This expanded second edition of Relativity and the Nature of Spacetime c- tains several major changes and a number of additions to different ch- ters. Two chapters (Chaps. 6 and 7), which discussed two speci?c groups of arguments against the reality of spacetime, have been transformed into - pendices (A and B). Two new chapters (Chaps. 6 and 10) have been added. Chapter 6, entitled Why Is the Issue of the Nature of Spacetime So Imp- tant?, elaborates on what was Sect. 5. 6 of the ?rst edition, and addresses some recent work on the nature of spacetime – for example, the growing (or evolving) block universe model of the world, which has recently been - vived by several physicists as what appears to be the last remaining alter- tive to the Minkowski absolute four-dimensional world (after it had become an undeniable fact that three-dimensionalism, or presentism, contradicts the relativistic experimental evidence). Chapter 10, entitled Spacetime and the Nature of Quantum Objects and based on what used to be Sects. 6. 2 and 6. 3 in the ?rst edition, explores the implications of the issue of the nature of spacetime for quantum physics, in order to see whether it can provide some insight into the nature of quantum objects. Two new sections have been included, namely, Sect. 5. 6 entitled Re- tivization of Existence and Observers in General Relativity and Sect. 7. 6 - titled Probing the Anisotropic Velocity of Light by a Terrestrial Experiment.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783642242359
ISBN-10: 3642242359
Pagini: 332
Ilustrații: XIII, 316 p. 70 illus.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Ediția:Softcover reprint of hardcover 2nd ed. 2009
Editura: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
Colecția Springer
Seria The Frontiers Collection

Locul publicării:Berlin, Heidelberg, Germany

Public țintă

Research

Cuprins

I From Galileo to Minkowski.- On the Impossibility of Detecting Uniform Motion.- Exploring the Internal Logic of Galileo#x2019;s Principle of Relativity.- Relativity in Euclidean Space and in Spacetime.- II On the Nature of Spacetime:.- Relativity and the Dimensionality of the World: Spacetime Is Real.- Why Is the Issue of the Nature of Spacetime So Important?.- III Implications of the Reality of Spacetime for Physics.- Propagation of Light in Non-Inertial Reference Frames.- Calculating the Electric Field of a Charge in a Non-Inertial Reference Frame.- Inertia as a Manifestation of the Reality of Spacetime.- Spacetime and the Nature of Quantum Objects.- Appendix A, Appendix B, Appendix C, Appendix D.

Recenzii

From the reviews of the second edition:
“The book under review is mainly devoted to the physical consequences of special relativity and to the unveiling of the very nature of spacetime. … The book is clear and well written and the bibliographic references are very good. It is recommended to physicists and to philosophers of science.” (Francesco Sorge, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2011 i)

Notă biografică

Presently: Assistant Professor, Science College, Concordia University (in fact, I am associated with three departments - Liberal Arts College, Philosophy Department, and Science College)
1984 -1989: Adjunct Professor, Philosophy Department, Sofia University
1986 -1989: Researcher, Institute of Philosophy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Doctoral degrees in theoretical physics (1997, Concordia University) and philosophy of science (1988, Institute of Philosophy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences).

Textul de pe ultima copertă

The most important question that is addressed in this book is "what is the nature (the ontological status) of spacetime?" or, equivalently, "what is the dimensionality of the world at the macroscopic level?" The answer to this question is developed via a thorough analysis of relativistic effects and explicitly asking whether the objects involved in those effects are three-dimensional or four-dimensional. This analysis clearly shows that if the world and the physical objects were three-dimensional, none of the kinematic relativistic effects and the experimental evidence supporting them would be possible. The implications of this result for physics, philosophy, and our entire world view are discussed. This new edition has been significantly expanded with new sections, appendices, notes and references. The arguments of the previous edition are strengthened; new developments in the field are presented and integrated to yield a thoroughly convincing and clear treatment.

Caracteristici

A must for all theoretical physicists and philosophers of science Second edition is significantly expanded with new and strengthened arguments Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras