Relativity and the Nature of Spacetime
Produktnummer:
18db94ab16b271428580a8fddfe69c55f7
| Autor: | Petkov, Vesselin |
|---|---|
| Themengebiete: | Existence Minkowski spacetime Relativity Time flow issue logic philosophy |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 30.11.2011 |
| EAN: | 9783642242359 |
| Auflage: | 2 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 316 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Springer Berlin |
Produktinformationen "Relativity and the Nature of Spacetime"
This is not a typical book on relativity. It 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?" or, equivalently, "what is the dimensionality of the world at the macroscopic level?" The answer to this question is developed via a thorough analysis of relativistic effects and explicitly asking whether the objects involved in those effects are three-dimensional or four-dimensional. This analysis clearly shows that if the world and the physical objects were three-dimensional, none of the kinematic relativistic effects and the experimental evidence supporting them would be possible. The implications of this result for physics, philosophy, and our entire world view are discussed.
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