Philosophy of Physics Space and Time

Name: Philosophy of Physics Space and Time
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ISBN: 9780691143095

ISBN-10: 0691143099

ISBN-13: 9780691143095

Edition: 2012

Authors: Tim Maudlin

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This concise book introduces nonphysicists to the core philosophical issues surrounding the nature and structure of space and time, and is also an ideal resource for physicists interested in the conceptual foundations of space-time theory.Tim Maudlin's broad historical overview examines Aristotelian and Newtonian accounts of space and time, and traces how Galileo's conceptions of relativity and space-time led to Einstein's special and general theories of relativity. Maudlin explains special relativity using a geometrical approach, emphasizing intrinsic space-time structure rather than coordinate systems or references frames. He gives readers enough detail about special relativity to solve…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 7/17/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 200
Size: 6.61" wide x 8.94" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English

Tim Maudlin is professor of philosophy at New York University. His books include "The Metaphysics within Physics" and "Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity."



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Aim and Structure of These Volumes



Classical Accounts of Space and Time


The Birth of Physics


Newton's First Law and Absolute Space


Absolute Time and the Persistence of Absolute Space


The Metaphysics of Absolute Space and Time



Evidence for Spatial and Temporal Structure


Newton's Second Law and the Bucket Experiment


Arithmetic, Geometry, and Coordinates


The Symmetries of Space and the Leibniz-Clarke Debate



Eliminating Unobservable Structure


Absolute Velocity and Galilean Relativity


Galilean Space-Time



Special Relativity


Special Relativity and Minkowski Space-Time


The Twins Paradox


Minkowski Straightedge, Minkowski Compass


Constructing Lorentz Coordinates



The Physics of Measurement


The Clock Hypothesis


Abstract Boosts and Physical Boosts


The "Constancy of the Speed of Light"


Deeper Accounts of Physical Principles



General Relativity


Curved Space and Curved Space-Time


Geometrizing Away Gravity


Black Holes and the Big Bang


The Hole Argument


Suggested Readings on General Relativity



The Direction and Topology of Time


The Geometry of Time


Time Travel as a Technical Problem


The Direction of Time


Appendix: Some Problems in Special Relativistic Physics


References


Index