Einstein on Einstein : autobiographical and scientific reflections /

"Einstein begins his Autobiographical Notes with one problem he never quite solved: "What, precisely, is thinking?" To answer, he turns inward to the very shape of his thoughts, the ongoing struggle to connect local observation, or what he calls the "momentary and personal,"...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Gutfreund, Hanoch (Autor), Renn, Jürgen, 1956- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Temas:
Einstein, Albert, > 1879-1955.
Einstein, Albert, > 1879-1955 > Influence.
Einstein, Albert, > 1879-1955
Physicists > Biography.
Physicists > Intellectual life.
Physiciens > Vie intellectuelle.
SCIENCE / History
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Physicists
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Genesis and Scope of the Autobiographical Notes
  • 2. Schilpp's Enterprise: The Library of Living Philosophers
  • 3. Historical Background: The Year 1946
  • 4. Einstein's Autobiographical Notes and Planck's Scientific Autobiography
  • 1. The Quest for a Unified Worldview
  • 2. "Striving for a Conceptual Grasp of Things"
  • 3. "My Epistemological Credo"
  • 4. The Mechanical Worldview and Its Demise: "And Now to the Critique of Mechanics as the Basis of Physics"
  • 5. The Rise of the Electromagnetic Worldview and the Field Concept: "The Transition from Action at a Distance to Fields"
  • 6. Planck's Black-Body Radiation Formula: "But the Matter Has a Serious Drawback"
  • 7. Einstein's Statistical Mechanics: Closing the "Gap"
  • 8. Brownian Motion: "The Existence of Atoms of Definite Finite Size"
  • 9. A Reflecting Mirror in Radiation Field: "The Mirror Must Experience Certain Random Fluctuations"
  • 10. The Special Theory of Relativity: "There Is No Such Thing as Simultaneity of Distant Events"
  • 11. The General Theory of Relativity: "Why Were Another Seven Years Required?"
  • 12. Quantum Mechanics: "This Theory Offers No Useful Point of Departure for Future Development"
  • 13. The Unified Field Theory: "Finding the Field Equations for the Total Field"
  • 1. The Physicists and Philosophers Who Contributed to the Volume
  • 2. Einstein's "Reply to Criticisms"
  • 1. Introductory Remarks
  • 2. "Autobiographical Sketch"--An English Translation
  • V. Concluding Remarks: Einstein the Philosopher-Scientist
  • VI. Reprint of the English Translation of Autobiographical Notes
  • References
  • Index

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