Minkowski Spacetime: A Hundred Years Later

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Petkov, Vesselin (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Σειρά: Fundamental Theories of Physics ; 165
• Θέματα: Physics.; Philosophy and science.; Gravitation.; Quantum physics.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Quantum Physics.; Philosophy of Science.

This volume is dedicated to the one hundredth anniversary of the publication of Hermann Minkowski's paper "Space and Time" in 1909. His work on the spacetime representation of special relativity had a huge impact on the twentieth century physics to the extent that modern physics would...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The Impact of Minkowski Spacetime on the Twentieth Century Physics from a Historical Perspective
• Hermann Minkowski, Relativity and the Axiomatic Approach to Physics
• Minkowski’s Modern World
• Implications of Minkowski Spacetime for Theoretical Physics
• Hermann Minkowski and Special Relativity
• The Rich Structure of Minkowski Space
• Minkowski Space-Time and Quantum Mechanics
• Modern Space-Time and Undecidability
• Quantum Space-Times
• Space-Time Extensions in Quantum Gravity
• Conceptual and Philosophical Issues of Minkowski Spacetime
• The Adolescence of Relativity: Einstein, Minkowski, and the Philosophy of Space and Time
• Hermann Minkowski: From Geometry of Numbers to Physical Geometry
• The Mystical Formula and The Mystery of Khronos
• Physical Laws and Worldlines in Minkowski Spacetime
• Time as an Illusion
• Consequences of Minkowski’s Unification of Space and Time for a Philosophy of Nature.