Minkowski Spacetime: A Hundred Years Later | ISBN 9789400731844

Minkowski Spacetime: A Hundred Years Later

herausgegeben von Vesselin Petkov
Buchcover Minkowski Spacetime: A Hundred Years Later  | EAN 9789400731844 | ISBN 94-007-3184-1 | ISBN 978-94-007-3184-4

From the reviews:

“This book celebrates the 100th anniversary of Minkowski’s work on four-dimensional spacetime … . In this work Minkowski introduces spacetime as a new fundamental concept from which space and time can be derived. … All in all this is a very impressive work, not only because of the groundbreaking new ideas and the great impact it has had. It is also nicely written and the language is a very pleasant contrast to the dry style most publications use nowadays.” (Michael Keyl, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1220, 2011)

“Vesselin Petkov, the editor of the volume, has succeeded in assembling a number of interesting, enlightening, and thought-provoking papers, all of them authored by competent experts in their fields, which illuminate various aspects of the concept of Minkowski spacetime. The collection transcends the disciplinary boundaries of theoretical physics, history of science, and philosophical reflection in a most productive way.” (Tilman Sauer, Metascience, February, 2013)

Minkowski Spacetime: A Hundred Years Later

herausgegeben von Vesselin Petkov
Marks the centenary of the introduction of the term spacetime into the scientific lexicon by bringing together the thoughts on Hermann Minkowski's work by a selection of the world's leading physicists and philosophers of science