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Concepts of simultaneity : from antiquity to Einstein and beyond / Max Jammer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jammer, Max.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Simultaneity (Physics).
- Physics--Philosophy.
- Physics.
- Relativity (Physics).
- Space and time.
- Time--Philosophy.
- Time.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (321 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The study concludes with an analysis of simultaneity's importance in general relativity and quantum mechanics.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Terminological Preliminaries
- 2 The Concept of Simultaneity in Antiquity
- 3 Medieval Conceptions of Simultaneity
- 4 The Concept of Simultaneity in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
- 5 The Concept of Simultaneity in Classical Physics
- 6 The Transition to the Relativistic Conception of Simultaneity
- 7 Simultaneity in the Special Theory of Relativity
- 8 The Reception of the Relativistic Conception of Simultaneity
- 9 The Conventionality Thesis
- 10 The Promulgation of the Conventionality Thesis
- 11 Symmetry and Transitivity of Simultaneity
- 12 Arguments against the Conventionality Thesis
- 13 Clock Transport Synchrony
- 14 Recent Debates on the Conventionality of Simultaneity
- 15 Simultaneity in General Relativity and in Quantum Mechanics
- Epilogue
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-8953-7
- OCLC:
- 213306047
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