Philosophy of physics: space and time
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Princeton, NJ [u.a.]
Princeton Univ. Press
2012
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| Series: | Princeton foundations of contemporary philosophy
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| Physical Description: | XIV, 183 S. graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 9780691143095 9780691165714 |
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Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction: The Aim and Structure of These Volumes
xi
CHAPTER ONE
Classical Accounts of Space and Time l
The Birth of Physics l
Newton's First Law and Absolute Space
4
Absolute Time and the Persistence of Absolute
Space
9
The Metaphysics of Absolute Space and Time
12
CHAPTER TWO
Evidence for Spatial and Temporal Structure
17
Newton's Second Law and the Bucket Experiment
17
Arithmetic, Geometry, and Coordinates
24
The Symmetries of Space and the Leibniz-Clarke
Debate
34
CHAPTER THREE
Eliminating Unobservable Structure
47
Absolute Velocity and Galilean Relativity
47
Galilean Space-Time
54
CHAPTER FOUR
Special Relativity
67
Special Relativity and Minkowski Space-Time
67
The Twins Paradox
77
Minkowski Straightedge, Minkowski Compass
83
Constructing
Lorentz
Coordinates
87
CHAPTER FIVE
The Physics of Measurement
106
The Clock Hypothesis
106
Abstract Boosts and Physical Boosts
114
The "Constancy of the Speed of Light"
120
Deeper Accounts of Physical Principles
124
Contents
CHAPTER SIX
General Relativity
126
Curved Space and Curved Space-Time
126
Geometrizing Away Gravity
131
Black Holes and the Big Bang
140
The Hole Argument
146
Suggested Readings on General Relativity
152
CHAPTER SEVEN
The Direction and Topology of Time
153
The Geometry of Time
153
Time Travel as a Technical Problem
162
The Direction of Time
165
Appendix: Some Problems in Special
Relativistic Physics
171
References
177
Index
181
This concise book introduces nonphysicists to the
core philosophical issues surrounding the nature
and structure of space and time, and is also an
ideal resource for physicists interested in the con¬
ceptual foundations of space-time theory.
Tim Maudlin's broad historical overview ex¬
amines Aristotelian and Newtonian accounts
of space and time, and traces how Galileo's con¬
ceptions of relativity and space-time led to Ein¬
stein's special and general theories of relativity.
Maudlin explains special relativity using a geo¬
metrical approach, emphasizing intrinsic space-
time structure rather than coordinate systems or
reference frames. He gives readers enough detail
about special relativity to solve concrete physical
problems while presenting general relativity in a
more qualitative way, with an informative discus¬
sion of the geometrization of gravity, the bending
of light, and black holes. Additional topics include
the Twins Paradox, the physical aspects of the
Lorentz-FitzGerald contraction, the constancy
of the speed of light, time travel, the direction of
time, and more.
•
Introduces nonphysicists to the philosophical
foundations of space-time theory
•
Provides a broad historical overview, from
Aristotle to Einstein
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Explains special relativity geometrically,
emphasizing the intrinsic structure of space-time
•
Covers the Twins Paradox, Galilean relativity,
time travel, and more
•
Requires only basic algebra and no formal
knowledge of physics |
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