The Cambridge Companion to Einstein

Herausgeber: Janssen, Michel; Lehner, Christoph

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

These fourteen essays by leading historians and philosophers of science introduce the reader to the work of Albert Einstein.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 580
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 982g
• ISBN-13: 9780521828345
• ISBN-10: 0521828341
• Artikelnr.: 40822234

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Michel Janssen and Christoph Lehner
1. Einstein's Copernican revolution Jürgen Renn and Robert Rynasiewicz
2. Einstein's special theory of relativity and the problems in the electrodynamics of moving bodies that led him to it John D. Norton
3. Einstein on statistical physics: fluctuations and atomism A. J. Kox
4. The quantum enigma Olivier Darrigol
5. The experimental challenge of light quanta Roger H. Stuewer
6. 'No success like failure ...': Einstein's quest for general relativity, 1907-20 Michel Janssen
7. Einstein's role in the creation of relativistic cosmology Christopher Smeenk
8. Einstein, gravitational waves, and the theoretician's regress Daniel J. Kennefick
9. Einstein's unified field theory program Tilman Sauer
10. Einstein's realism and his critique of quantum mechanics Christoph Lehner
11. Einstein and the development of twentieth-century philosophy of science Don Howard
12. 'A believing rationalist': Einstein and 'the truly valuable' in Kant Thomas Ryckman
13. Space, time, and geometry Michael Friedman
14. Einstein's politics Robert Schulmann
Appendix. Special relativity Michel Janssen.