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Kinematics : the lost origins of Einstein's relativity / Alberto A. Martínez.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martínez, Alberto A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kinematics--History.
- Kinematics.
- Relativity (Physics)--History.
- Relativity (Physics).
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 464 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
- Contents:
- Big picture: rise of a rejected science
- Where to begin? Invisible causes or visible motions
- Ambiguous truths: the allegedly pure science of motion
- Debates over language: coordinates versus vectors
- Scientific definitions: the concepts of space and time
- Discovery and invention: conceptual origins of Einstein's relativity
- Text and equations: elements of Einstein's kinematics
- Critical history: the algebra of motion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780801891359
- 0801891353
- OCLC:
- 233030179
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