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gebondenEngels9781402063176
8-10-2007
The main focus of this volume is the question: is spacetime nothing more than a mathematical space (which describes the evolution in time of the ordinary three-dimensional world) or is it a mathematical model of a real four-dimensional world with time entirely given as the fourth dimension? Meer
paperbackEngels9783030756376
14-6-2021
The book presents seven fundamental concepts in spacetime physics mostly by following Hermann Minkowski’s revolutionary ideas summarized in his 1908 lecture "Space and Time. Meer
paperbackEngels9783642242359
30-11-2011
Puts the emphasis on conceptual questions: Why is there no such thing as absolute motion? What is the physical meaning of relativity of simultaneity? But, the most important question that is addressed in this book is "what is the nature of spacetime? Meer
gebondenEngels9783642019524
9-7-2009
Puts the emphasis on conceptual questions: Why is there no such thing as absolute motion? What is the physical meaning of relativity of simultaneity? But, the most important question that is addressed in this book is "what is the nature of spacetime? Meer
paperbackEngels9783642264917
5-11-2012
In 1908 Hermann Minkowski gave the four-dimensional(spacetime) formulationof special relativity[1]. In fact,HenriPoincare[ ´ 2] rst noticedin1906that the Lorentz transformations had a geometric interpretation as rotations in a four-dimensional space with time as the fourth dimension. Meer
gebondenEngels9783642135378
6-9-2010
In 1908 Hermann Minkowski gave the four-dimensional(spacetime) formulationof special relativity[1]. In fact,HenriPoincare[ ´ 2] rst noticedin1906that the Lorentz transformations had a geometric interpretation as rotations in a four-dimensional space with time as the fourth dimension. Meer
paperbackEngels9789400731844
5-5-2012
This volume is dedicated to the one hundredth anniversary of the publication of Hermann Minkowski’s paper “Raum und Zeit” in 1909 [1]. The paper presents the textofthetalkMinkowskigaveatthe80thMeetingoftheGermanNaturalScientists and Physicians in Cologne on September 21, 1908. Meer
paperbackEngels9789048176069
13-11-2010
The main focus of this volume is the question: is spacetime nothing more than a mathematical space (which describes the evolution in time of the ordinary three-dimensional world) or is it a mathematical model of a real four-dimensional world with time entirely given as the fourth dimension? Meer
gebondenEngels9789048134748
29-3-2010
This volume is dedicated to the one hundredth anniversary of the publication of Hermann Minkowski’s paper “Raum und Zeit” in 1909 [1]. The paper presents the textofthetalkMinkowskigaveatthe80thMeetingoftheGermanNaturalScientists and Physicians in Cologne on September 21, 1908. Meer
GebondenEngels9783110319316
7-3-2011