Relativity and the Nature of Spacetime

The most important question that is addressed in this book is "what is the nature (the ontological status) of spacetime?" or, equivalently, "what is the dimensionality of the world at the macroscopic level?" The answer to this question is developed via a thorough analysis of rela...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Petkov, Vesselin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2005, 2005
Edition:1st ed. 2005
Series:The Frontiers Collection
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • On the Impossibility of Detecting Uniform Motion
  • Exploring the Internal Logic of Galileo’s Principle of Relativity
  • Relativity in Euclidean Space and in Spacetime
  • Relativity and the Dimensionality of the World: Spacetime Is Real
  • Quantum Mechanics and the Nature of Spacetime
  • The Nature of Spacetime and Validity of Scientific Theories
  • Propagation of Light in Non-Inertial Reference Frames
  • Calculating the Electric Field of a Charge in a Non-Inertial Reference Frame
  • Inertia as a Manifestation of the Reality of Spacetime