Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Record:   Prev Next
Resources
More Information
Bestseller
BestsellerE-book
Author Reichenbach, Hans, 1891-1953.

Title Defending Einstein : Hans Reichenbach's writings on space, time, and motion / edited by Steven Gimbel, Anke Walz.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Item Status

Description 1 online resource (vi, 216 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Review of Moritz Schlick's General theory of knowledge -- Einstein's theory of space -- Reply to H. Dingler's critique of the theory of relativity -- A report on an axiomatization of Einstein's theory of space-time -- Reply to Th. Wulf's objections to the general theory of relativity -- Einstein's theory of motion -- The theory of relativity and absolute transport time -- Reply to Anderson's objections to the general theory of relativity -- Review of Aloys Müller's The philosophical problems with Einstein's theory of relativity -- The philosophical significance of the theory of relativity -- Planet clocks and Einsteinian simultaneity -- On the physical consequences of the axiomatization of relativity -- Has the theory of relativity been refuted? -- Response to a publication of Mr. Hj. Mellin.
Summary This 2006 text offers an insight into the development of scientific philosophy and the role of the philosopher.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Reichenbach, Hans.
Relativity (Physics)
Relativity (Physics)
Relativity (Physics) -- Philosophy.
Relativity (Physics) -- Philosophy.
Physics -- Philosophy.
Physics -- Philosophy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Gimbel, Steven, 1968-
Walz, Anke.
Other Form: Print version: Reichenbach, Hans, 1891-1953. Defending Einstein. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006 0521859581 (DLC) 2005036291 (OCoLC)62755489
ISBN 9780511282096 (electronic book)
0511282095 (electronic book)
9780511584572 (electronic book)
0511584571 (electronic book)
9780511281334
0511281331
0521859581
9780521859585