Download or read book Einstein s Opponents written by Milena Wazeck and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-09 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the ferocious opposition which once surrounded the theory of relativity, this fascinating account details the strategies and motivations of Einstein's detractors. A unique insight into the dynamics of scientific controversies, ideal for anyone interested in the history and philosophy of physics, popular science, and the public understanding of science.
Download or read book The Physicist and the Philosopher written by Jimena Canales and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-06-09 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The explosive debate that transformed our views about time and scientific truth On April 6, 1922, in Paris, Albert Einstein and Henri Bergson publicly debated the nature of time. Einstein considered Bergson's theory of time to be a soft, psychological notion, irreconcilable with the quantitative realities of physics. Bergson, who gained fame as a philosopher by arguing that time should not be understood exclusively through the lens of science, criticized Einstein's theory of time for being a metaphysics grafted on to science, one that ignored the intuitive aspects of time. The Physicist and the Philosopher tells the remarkable story of how this explosive debate transformed our understanding of time and drove a rift between science and the humanities that persists today. Jimena Canales introduces readers to the revolutionary ideas of Einstein and Bergson, describes how they dramatically collided in Paris, and traces how this clash of worldviews reverberated across the twentieth century. She shows how it provoked responses from figures such as Bertrand Russell and Martin Heidegger, and carried repercussions for American pragmatism, logical positivism, phenomenology, and quantum mechanics. Canales explains how the new technologies of the period—such as wristwatches, radio, and film—helped to shape people’s conceptions of time and further polarized the public debate. She also discusses how Bergson and Einstein, toward the end of their lives, each reflected on his rival’s legacy—Bergson during the Nazi occupation of Paris and Einstein in the context of the first hydrogen bomb explosion. The Physicist and the Philosopher is a magisterial and revealing account that shows how scientific truth was placed on trial in a divided century marked by a new sense of time.
Download or read book A Criticism of the Einstein Theory of Relativity written by F. Harrison Stamper and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Einstein s Relativity written by Dunlap Jamison McAdam and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking critique of Einstein's theory of relativity offers an incisive analysis of its conceptual foundations and mathematical formulations. McAdam's lucid exposition and rigorous argumentation offer an alternative perspective on this revolutionary theory and reveal its limitations and unresolved questions. This book is essential reading for physicists, mathematicians, and anyone interested in the foundations of modern physics. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Book of Universes written by John D. Barrow and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barrow presents an unforgettable tour of the strange and wonderful universes that modern physics posits might--just might--be out there.
Download or read book Einstein s Theory of Relativity written by Max Born and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-05-23 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Semi-technical account includes a review of classical physics (origin of space and time measurements, Ptolemaic and Copernican astronomy, laws of motion, inertia, more) and of Einstein's theories of relativity.
Download or read book The Theory of Relativity written by Albert Einstein and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present book is intended, as far as possible, to give an exact insight into the theory of Relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics. The author has spared himself no pains in his endeavor to present the main ideas in the simplest and most intelligible form, and on the whole, in the sequence and connection in which they actually originated.
Download or read book Criticism of Einstein s Theory of Relativity written by William L. Fischer and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity written by Robert Cwiklik and published by B.E.S. Publishing. This book was released on 1987 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the life and work of the physicist whose theory of relativity revolutionized scientific thinking.
Download or read book One Hundred Authors Against Einstein written by Hans Israel and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-31 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an English translation of the 1931 collection of "anti-relativity" essays, originally published in German under the title "Hundert Autoren Gegen Einstein". It provides fascinating insights into the early public reception of Albert Einstein's special and general theories of relativity.
Download or read book Albert Einstein s Theory of Relativity written by Carl Wilkinson and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-14 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understand how Einstein came to write the most famous equation in history and see how the world was changed forever.Broken into 10 bite-sized chapters, this step-by-step journey through Einstein's mind takes his original manuscripts and makes them accessible to budding scientists everywhere.
Download or read book Einstein s Relativity written by Dunlap Jamison McAdam and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Understanding Einstein s Theories of Relativity written by Stan Gibilisco and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clear, concise exposition of both the special and general theories of relativity, intended for nonscientific readers with a knowledge of high school math. Topics include simultaneity, time dilation, length contraction, the possibility of travel to a distant star, non-Euclidean geometries, black holes, and the structure of the universe. 158 illustrations.
Download or read book Einstein Relativity and Absolute Simultaneity written by William Lane Craig and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-11-08 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting a collection of original essays from a team of international philosophers and physicists, this volume reassesses the contemporary paradigm of the relativistic concept of time. There is no other book like this currently available.
Download or read book Introduction to the Theory of Relativity written by Peter Gabriel Bergmann and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1976-01-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive coverage of special theory (frames of reference, Lorentz transformation, more), general theory (principle of equivalence, more) and unified theory (Weyl's gauge-invariant geometry, more.) Foreword by Albert Einstein.
Download or read book Einstein s Theory written by Øyvind Grøn and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-08-30 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an introduction to the theory of relativity and the mathematics used in its processes. Three elements of the book make it stand apart from previously published books on the theory of relativity. First, the book starts at a lower mathematical level than standard books with tensor calculus of sufficient maturity to make it possible to give detailed calculations of relativistic predictions of practical experiments. Self-contained introductions are given, for example vector calculus, differential calculus and integrations. Second, in-between calculations have been included, making it possible for the non-technical reader to follow step-by-step calculations. Thirdly, the conceptual development is gradual and rigorous in order to provide the inexperienced reader with a philosophically satisfying understanding of the theory. The goal of this book is to provide the reader with a sound conceptual understanding of both the special and general theories of relativity, and gain an insight into how the mathematics of the theory can be utilized to calculate relativistic effects.
Download or read book Albert Einstein written by Walter Isaacson and published by 'The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc'. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even the youngest science enthusiasts know the name “Einstein.” To them, it represents intelligence and ingenuity. But they may not know much about Albert Einstein as a man and why his fame reached such great heights. In this comprehensive biography, which draws on new research and personal documents, accessible text tells the fascinating story of Einstein’s life, including his early years in Germany, his achievements that led to the Nobel Prize, and his role in the development of the atomic bomb. Plentiful photographs, explanatory diagrams, and illuminating sidebars add to the reader’s experience, helping to reveal the person and the genius behind the name.
