Defending Einstein: Hans Reichenbach's Writings on Space, Time and Motion - Couverture rigide

Reichenbach, Hans

 
9780521859585: Defending Einstein: Hans Reichenbach's Writings on Space, Time and Motion
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ISBN 10 : 0521859581 ISBN 13 : 9780521859585
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Hans Reichenbach, a philosopher of science who was one of five students in Einstein's first seminar on the general theory of relativity, became Einstein's bulldog, defending the theory against criticism from philosophers, physicists, and popular commentators. This book chronicles the development of Reichenbach's reconstruction of Einstein's theory in a way that clearly sets out all of its philosophical commitments and its physical predictions as well as the battles that Reichenbach fought on its behalf, in both the academic and popular press. The essays include reviews and responses to philosophical colleagues; polemical discussions with physicists Max Born and D. C. Miller; as well as popular articles meant for the layperson. At a time when physics and philosophy were both undergoing revolutionary changes in content and method, this book is a window into the development of scientific philosophy and the role of the philosopher.

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À propos de l'auteur

Steven Gimbel is associate professor of philosophy at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, where he was named Luther W. and Bernice L. Thompson Distinguished Teacher in 2005. He has contributed to Philosophy of Science, British Journal of Philosophy of Science, and Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. Anke Walz is assistant professor of mathematics at Kutztown University. Her work on the bellow's conjecture relating to flexible polyhedral with R. Connely and I. Sabitov has appeared in Beitrage zur Algebra und Geometrie and has received coverage in Science and Scientific American.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521859581
ISBN 13 
9780521859585
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
Cambridge University Press
https://www.cambridge.org/

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ISBN 10 :  0521371163 ISBN 13 :  9780521371162
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2011
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