Space, Time, and Spacetime Physical and Philosophical Implications of Minkowski's Unification of Space and Time /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Petkov, Vesselin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics ; 167
• Subjects: Physics.; Philosophy and science.; Gravitation.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Philosophy of Science.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.

This volume is dedicated to the centennial anniversary of Minkowski's discovery of spacetime. It contains selected papers by physicists and philosophers on the Nature and Ontology of Spacetime. The first six papers, comprising Part I of the book, provide examples of the impact of Minkowski'...