Overview
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 234)
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Keywords
- KAP_D001P
About this book
This book is for physicists, historians and philosophers of physics as well as students seeking an introduction to ongoing debates in relativistic and quantum physics. This title is unique in that:
- it comprises contributions by leading physicists, philosophers and historians of science;
- it covers the recent debates on the emergence of relativity and quantum theory;
- it includes chapters with an introductory character, comprehensible to students and science teachers;
- it can be used in graduate level courses in the history and philosophy of science;
- it strengthens the bonds between the communities of scientists, historians, and philosophers.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Revisiting the Foundations of Relativistic Physics
Book Subtitle: Festschrift in Honor of John Stachel
Editors: Abhay Ashtekar, Robert S. Cohen, Don Howard, J. Renn, S. Sarkar, A. Shimony
Series Title: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1284-6Published: 31 July 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6286-4Published: 09 December 2010
Series ISSN: 0068-0346
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7942
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 650