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Defending Einstein : Hans Reichenbach's writings on space, time, and motion / edited by Steven Gimbel, Anke Walz.

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Van Pelt Library QC173.55 .R439 2006
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Reichenbach, Hans, 1891-1953.
Contributor:
Gimbel, Steven, 1968-
Walz, Anke.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Relativity (Physics).
Relativity (Physics)--Philosophy.
Physics--Philosophy.
Physics.
Physical Description:
vi, 216 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Contents:
Review of Moritz Schlick's General theory of knowledge
Einstein's theory of space
Reply to H. Dingler's critique of the theory of relativity
A report on an axiomatization of Einstein's theory of space-time
Reply to Th. Wulf's objections to the general theory of relativity
Einstein's theory of motion
The theory of relativity and absolute transport time
Reply to Anderson's objections to the general theory of relativity
Review of Aloys Müller's The philosophical problems with Einstein's theory of relativity
The philosophical significance of the theory of relativity
Planet clocks and Einsteinian simultaneity
On the physical consequences of the axiomatization of relativity
Has the theory of relativity been refuted?
Response to a publication of Mr. Hj. Mellin.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0521859581
OCLC:
62755489
Publisher Number:
9780521859585

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