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English
Pages
488

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Kinematics: the lost origins of Einstein's relativity
2009, Johns Hopkins University Press
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Table of Contents

Big picture: rise of a rejected science
Where to begin? Invisible causes or visible motions
Ambiguous truths: the allegedly pure science of motion
Fights over language: coordinates versus vectors
Scientific definitions: the concepts of space and time
Discovery and invention: conceptual origins of Einstein's relativity
Text and equations: elements of Einstein's kinematics
Critical history: the algebra of motion.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Baltimore

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
531/.11209
Library of Congress
QA841 .M37 2009, QA841.M37 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
488

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL16945757M
ISBN 10
0801891353
ISBN 13
9780801891359
LCCN
2008028737
OCLC/WorldCat
233030179
LibraryThing
8702052
Goodreads
6393898

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OL5844930W

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