Relativity and the Nature of Spacetime (The Frontiers Collection)

Petkov, Vesselin

ISBN 10: 3642242359 / ISBN 13: 9783642242359

Verlag: Springer (edition Softcover reprint of hardcover 2nd ed. 2009), 2011

Beschreibung

It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Softcover reprint of hardcover 2nd ed. 2009.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 3642242359-8-1

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Relativity and the Nature of Spacetime (The Frontiers Collection)
• Verlag: Springer (edition Softcover reprint of hardcover 2nd ed. 2009)
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 3642242359
• ISBN-13: 9783642242359
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: Very Good

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

This is not a typical book on relativity. It puts the emphasis on conceptual questions: Why is there no such thing as absolute motion? What is the physical meaning of relativity of simultaneity? But, the most important question that is addressed in this book is "what is the nature 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.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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).