Gebundenes Buch

Space, Time, and Spacetime

Physical and Philosophical Implications of Minkowski's Unification of Space and Time

Herausgegeben: Petkov, Vesselin

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Vesselin Petkov received a graduate degree in physics from Sofia University, a doctorate in philosophy from the Institute for Philosophical Research of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, and a doctorate in physics from Concordia University. He taught at Sofia University and is currently teaching at Concordia University. He wrote the book "Relativity and the Nature of Spacetime" (Springer 2005) and edited the books "Relativity and the Dimensionality of the World" (Springer 2007), and "Minkowski Spacetime: A Hundred Years Later" (Springer, forthcoming). He is a member of the Governing Board of the International Society for the Advanced Study of Spacetime

Produktdetails

• Fundamental Theories of Physics 167
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 12734368, 978-3-642-13537-8
• 2010
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 692g
• ISBN-13: 9783642135378
• ISBN-10: 3642135374
• Artikelnr.: 29841564

Rezensionen

From the reviews:
"This book has a valuable resource for anyone looking to learn about the philosophical issues surrounding space and time. In fact, this is the book that is usually read for classes on the topic. ... The writing is lucid, and he weaves the various topics together very nicely." (Philosophy, Religion and Science Book Reviews, bookinspections.wordpress.com, May, 2014)