| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 180 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Inertial mass -- Relativistic mass -- Mass-energy relation -- Gravitational mass and the principle of equivalence -- Nature of mass. |
| Summary |
The concept of mass is one of the most fundamental notions in physics, comparable in importance only to those of space and time. But in contrast to the latter, which are the subject of innumerable physical and philosophical studies, the concept of mass has been but rarely investigated. Here Max Jammer, a leading philosopher and historian of physics, provides a concise but comprehensive, coherent, and self-contained study of the concept of mass as it is defined, interpreted, and applied in contemporary physics and as it is critically examined in the modern philosophy of science. With its focus. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mass (Physics)
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Mass (Physics) |
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Physics -- Philosophy.
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Physics -- Philosophy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Jammer, Max. Concepts of mass in contemporary physics and philosophy. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2000 (DLC) 99024113 |
| ISBN |
1400812194 (electronic book) |
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9781400812196 (electronic book) |
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9781400823789 (electronic book) |
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1400823781 (electronic book) |
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069101017X (cl ; alkaline paper) |
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9780691010175 (cl ; alkaline paper) |
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