| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Philosophical issues in science |
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Philosophical issues in science.
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| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction; ZENO AND THE LIMITS OF SPACE AND TIME; CLOCKS, GEOMETRY AND RELATIVITY; TRAVELLING LIGHT; A CONVENTIONAL WORLD?; NEWTON AND THE REALITY OF SPACE AND TIME; MACH AND THE MATERIAL WORLD; EINSTEIN AND ABSOLUTE SPACETIME; TIME TRAVEL; EINSTEIN'S GREATEST MISTAKE?; COSMOLOGICAL CONUNDRUMS; : RELATIVITY; JUST ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL?; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Summary |
Ray examines the central questions that arise from the ideas of Einstein, Leibniz and Newton. Among the problems covered are black holes, the big bang and absolute simultaneity |
| Subject |
Space and time.
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Space and time
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0203018737 |
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9780203018736 |
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1280332751 |
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9781280332753 |
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