Towards a Theory of Spacetime Theories

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Lehmkuhl, Dennis (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Schiemann, Gregor (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Scholz, Erhard (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2017.
• Σειρά: Einstein Studies, 13
• Θέματα: Mathematics.; Differential geometry.; History.; Mathematical physics.; Physics.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Mathematical Physics.; Differential Geometry.

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...

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?.