Relativity and the Nature of Spacetime
| Author/creator | Petkov, Vesselin Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Springer |
| Description | XII, 294 p. ill 23.500 x 015.500 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | The Frontiers Collection Ser. |
| Summary | Annotation The most important question addressed in this book is "what is the nature (the ontological status) 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. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2005924256 |
| ISBN | 9783540238898 |
| ISBN | 3540238891 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9783540238898 |
| Stock number | 3540238891 00024965 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |