Einstein and the Changing Worldviews of Physics

Christoph Lehner

ISBN 10: 0817649395 / ISBN 13: 9780817649395

Edité par Birkhäuser, Birkhäuser Dez 2011, 2011

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This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This volume reviews conceptual conflicts at the foundations of physics now and in the past century. The focus is on the conditions and consequences of Einstein's pathbreaking achievements that sealed the decline of the classical notions of space, time, radiation, and matter, and resulted in the theory of relativity. Particular attention is paid to the implications of conceptual conflicts for scientific views of the world at large, thus providing the basis for a comparison of the demise of the mechanical worldview at the turn of the 20th century with the challenges presented by cosmology at the turn of the 21st century.Throughout the work, Einstein's contributions are not seen in isolation but instead set into the wider intellectual context of dealing with the problem of gravitation in the twilight of classical physics; the investigation of the historical development is carried out with a number of epistemological questions in mind, concerning, in particular, the transformation process of knowledge associated with the changing worldviews of physics.The contributions explore various aspects of the emerging relativistic views in modern physics by giving an historical, philosophical, and mathematical account of Einstein's work, as well as the work of other distinguished physicists in the field. Taken as a whole, the book is focused on the interplay between mathematical concepts and physical ideas throughout history by studying today's scientific world and how it continues to redefine physics in the 21st century .Springer Basel AG in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin 376 pp. Englisch.

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• Titre: Einstein and the Changing Worldviews of Physics
• Éditeur: Birkhäuser, Birkhäuser Dez 2011
• Date de parution: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0817649395
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780817649395
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 241 L x 160 H x 25 P (en millimètres) 241 millimètres de largeur par 160 millimètres de hauteur par 25 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 729 grammes

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This volume reviews conceptual conflicts at the foundations of physics now and in the past century. The focus is on the conditions and consequences of Einstein's pathbreaking achievements that sealed the decline of the classical notions of space, time, radiation, and matter, and resulted in the theory of relativity. Particular attention is paid to the implications of conceptual conflicts for scientific views of the world at large, thus providing the basis for a comparison of the demise of the mechanical worldview at the turn of the 20^th century with the challenges presented by cosmology at the turn of the 21^st century.

Throughout the work, Einstein's contributions are not seen in isolation but instead set into the wider intellectual context of dealing with the problem of gravitation in the twilight of classical physics; the investigation of the historical development is carried out with a number of epistemological questions in mind, concerning, in particular, the transformation process of knowledge associated with the changing worldviews of physics.

The contributions explore various aspects of the emerging relativistic views in modern physics by giving an historical, philosophical, and mathematical account of Einstein's work, as well as the work of other distinguished physicists in the field. Taken as a whole, the book is focused on the interplay between mathematical concepts and physical ideas throughout history by studying today's scientific world and how it continues to redefine physics in the 21st century .