Edition:
Online-Ausg. New York Cambridge Companions Online 2014 Online-Ressource Cambridge companions online
Edition:
Cambridge companions to philosophy, religion and culture
ISBN:
9780521828345
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9780521535427
Series Statement:
Cambridge companions to philosophy
Content:
This volume is the first systematic presentation of the work of Albert Einstein, comprising fourteen essays by leading historians and philosophers of science that introduce readers to his work. Following an introduction that places Einstein's work in the context of his life and times, the book opens with essays on the papers of Einstein's 'miracle year', 1905, covering Brownian motion, light quanta, and special relativity, as well as his contributions to early quantum theory and the opposition to his light quantum hypothesis. Further essays relate Einstein's path to the general theory of relativity (1915) and the beginnings of two fields it spawned, relativistic cosmology and gravitational waves. Essays on Einstein's later years examine his unified field theory program and his critique of quantum mechanics. The closing essays explore the relation between Einstein's work and twentieth-century philosophy, as well as his political writings.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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Introduction
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Einstein's special theory of relativity and the problems in the electrodynamics of moving bodies that led him to it
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Einstein on statistical physics: fluctuations and atomism
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The quantum enigma
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The experimental challenge of light quanta
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"No success like failure...": Einstein's quest for general relativity, 1907-1920
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Einstein's role in the creation of Relativistic Cosmology
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Einstein, gravitational waves, and the theoretician's regress
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Einstein's unified field theory program
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Einstein's realism and his critique of quantum mechanics
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Einstein and the development of twentieth-century philosophy of science
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"A believing rationalist": Einstein and "the truly valuable" in Kant
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Space, time, and geometry
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Einstein's politics
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Appendix: Special relativity
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781139024525
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521828345
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. The Cambridge companion to Einstein New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014 ISBN 9780521828345
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521535427
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. The Cambridge companion to Einstein New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014 ISBN 9780521828345
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521535427
Language:
English
Subjects:
Physics
Keywords:
Einstein, Albert 1879-1955
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Einstein, Albert 1879-1955
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Theoretische Physik
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Electronic books
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Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1017/CCO9781139024525
URL:
http://www.cambridge.org/de/academic/subjects/philosophy/philosophy-science/cambridge-companion-einstein?format=HB
Author information:
Lehner, Christoph 1983-
Author information:
Janssen, Michel 1953-
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