
Relativity and Geometry
Foundations and Philosophy of Science and Technology Series
- 408 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
Relativity and Geometry
Foundations and Philosophy of Science and Technology Series
About this book
Relativity and Geometry aims to elucidate the motivation and significance of the changes in physical geometry brought about by Einstein, in both the first and the second phases of relativity. The book contains seven chapters and a mathematical appendix. The first two chapters review a historical background of relativity. Chapter 3 centers on Einstein's first Relativity paper of 1905. Subsequent chapter presents the Minkowskian formulation of special relativity. Chapters 5 and 6 deal with Einstein's search for general relativity from 1907 to 1915, as well as some aspects and subsequent developments of the theory. The last chapter explores the concept of simultaneity, geometric conventionalism, and a few other questions concerning space time structure, causality, and time.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Relativity and Geometry
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Newtonian Principles
- Chapter 2. Electrodynamics and the Aether
- Chapter 3. Einstein's 'Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies'
- Chapter 4. Minkowski Spacetime
- Chapter 5. Einstein's Quest for a Theory of Gravity
- Chapter 6. Gravitational Geometry
- Chapter 7. Disputed Questions
- Appendix
- Notes
- References
- Index