Kinematics the lost origins of Einstein's relativity
Big picture: rise of a rejected science -- Where to begin? Invisible causes or visible motions -- Ambiguous truths: the allegedly pure science of motion -- Debates over language: coordinates versus vectors -- Scientific definitions: the concepts of space and time -- Discovery and invention: conceptu...
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Baltimore, Md.
Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
2009
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Big picture: rise of a rejected science -- Where to begin? Invisible causes or visible motions -- Ambiguous truths: the allegedly pure science of motion -- Debates over language: coordinates versus vectors -- Scientific definitions: the concepts of space and time -- Discovery and invention: conceptual origins of Einstein's relativity -- Text and equations: elements of Einstein's kinematics -- Critical history: the algebra of motion. Big picture: rise of a rejected science -- Where to begin? Invisible causes or visible motions -- Ambiguous truths: the allegedly pure science of motion -- Fights over language: coordinates versus vectors -- Scientific definitions: the concepts of space and time -- Discovery and invention: conceptual origins of Einstein's relativity -- Text and equations: elements of Einstein's kinematics -- Critical history: the algebra of motion |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XIX, 464 S. graph. Darst. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0801891353 0-8018-9135-3 9780801891359 978-0-8018-9135-9 |