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Concepts of simultaneity : from antiquity to Einstein and beyond /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Md. :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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 Simultaneity12 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
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