Mon premier blog

Space, Time, and Spacetime: Physical and Philosophical Implications of Minkowski's Unification of Space and Time (Fundamental Theories of Physics). Vesselin Petkov

Download Space, Time, and Spacetime: Physical and Philosophical Implications of Minkowski's Unification of Space and Time (Fundamental Theories of Physics)

Space, Time, and Spacetime: Physical and Philosophical Implications of Minkowski's Unification of Space and Time (Fundamental Theories of Physics) Vesselin Petkov. pdf ebook Publisher: Language: English Page: 328 ISBN: 3642135374, 9783642135378

From the Back Cover

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's spacetime representation of special relativity on the twentieth century physics. Part II also contains six papers which deal with implications of Minkowski's ideas for the philosophy of space and time. The last part is represented by two papers which explore the influence of Minkowski's ideas beyond the philosophy of space and time.

About the Author

Vesselin Petkov received a graduate degree in physics from Sofia University, a doctorate in philosophy from the Institute for Philosophical Research of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, and a doctorate in physics from Concordia University. He taught at Sofia University and is currently teaching at Concordia University. He wrote the book "Relativity and the Nature of Spacetime" (Springer 2005) and edited the books "Relativity and the Dimensionality of the World" (Springer 2007), and "Minkowski Spacetime: A Hundred Years Later" (Springer, forthcoming). He is a member of the Governing Board of the International Society for the Advanced Study of Spacetime