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Time, space and philosophy /
Ray examines the central questions that arise from the ideas of Einstein, Leibniz and Newton. Among the problems covered are black holes, the big bang and absolute simultaneity.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Taylor & Francis,
1991.
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| Colección: | Philosophical issues in science.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction; ZENO AND THE LIMITS OF SPACE AND TIME; CLOCKS, GEOMETRY AND RELATIVITY; TRAVELLING LIGHT; A CONVENTIONAL WORLD?; NEWTON AND THE REALITY OF SPACE AND TIME; MACH AND THE MATERIAL WORLD; EINSTEIN AND ABSOLUTE SPACETIME; TIME TRAVEL; EINSTEIN'S GREATEST MISTAKE?; COSMOLOGICAL CONUNDRUMS; : RELATIVITY; JUST ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL?; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX