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Physical systems : conceptual pathways between flat space-time and matter / by Ori Belkind

By: Series: Boston studies in the philosophy of science ; volume 264Publisher: Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 234 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9400723733 (ebook)
  • 9789400723733 (ebook)
  • 9400723725 (hardback : acid-free paper)
  • 9789400723726 (hardback : acid-free paper)
  • 9789401784511 (paperback : acid-free paper)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • QC6
Contents:
Physical systems and physical thought -- Interpretations of spacetime and the principle of relativity -- Primitive motion relationalism -- The metaphysics of time -- The history of Newtonian mass -- Physical systems and mass -- Structural assumptions, Newton's scientific method, and the universal law of gravitation -- The special theory of relativity.
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e-Book M. Kamal Hassan Library M. Kamal Hassan Library E-Book Collection Web eb QC6 B432P 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online Access 11100477004

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-232) and index.

Physical systems and physical thought -- Interpretations of spacetime and the principle of relativity -- Primitive motion relationalism -- The metaphysics of time -- The history of Newtonian mass -- Physical systems and mass -- Structural assumptions, Newton's scientific method, and the universal law of gravitation -- The special theory of relativity.

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