Overview
- Addresses some of the deepest questions in all of physics
- Describes how other areas of physics are influenced by our choice of spacetime description
- Substantial contributions provide overviews for newcomers to the area
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Fundamental Theories of Physics (FTPH, volume 167)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Minkowski’s Representation of Special Relativity – Examples of Its Impact on the Twentieth Century Physics
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Implications of Minkowski’s Ideas for the Philosophy of Space and Time
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The Impact of Minkowski’s Ideas Beyond the Philosophy of Space and Time
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Back Matter
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Reviews
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)Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
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
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Space, Time, and Spacetime
Book Subtitle: Physical and Philosophical Implications of Minkowski's Unification of Space and Time
Editors: Vesselin Petkov
Series Title: Fundamental Theories of Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13538-5
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-13537-8Published: 06 September 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-26491-7Published: 05 November 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-13538-5Published: 02 September 2010
Series ISSN: 0168-1222
Series E-ISSN: 2365-6425
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 314
Topics: Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory, Philosophy of Science, Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics