Towards a Theory of Spacetime Theories
This contributed volume is the result of a July 2010 workshop at the University of Wuppertal Interdisciplinary Centre for Science and Technology Studies which brought together world-wide experts from physics, philosophy and history, in order to address a set of questions first posed in the 1950s: Ho...
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Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Birkhäuser,
2017.
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Σειρά: | Einstein Studies,
13 |
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Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Inertial Motion, Explanation, and the Foundations of Classical Spacetime Theories
- A Primer on Energy Conditions
- Background Independence, Diffeomorphism Invariance, and the Meaning of Coordinates
- Gauge Theory of Gravity and Spacetime
- Paving the Way for Transitions - A Case for Weyl Geometry
- A Model-theoretic Analysis of Spacetime Theories
- The Relativity and Equivalence Principles for Self-gravitating Systems
- The Physical Significance of Symmetries from the Perspective of Conservation Laws
- Raisers of the Lost Spacetime
- Does Time Exist in Quantum Gravity?.