دانلود کتاب Space, Time, and Spacetime: Physical and Philosophical Implications of Minkowski’s Unification of Space and Time

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Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Minkowskian Background of Whitehead’s Theory of Gravitation....Pages 3-24
The Experimental Verdict on Spacetime from Gravity Probe B....Pages 25-59
Rigidity and the Ruler Hypothesis....Pages 61-106
Minkowski Space and Quantum Mechanics....Pages 107-127
Relativity and Quantum Field Theory....Pages 129-146
Ether, the Theory of Relativity and Quantum Physics....Pages 147-155
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
Minkowski’s Proper Time and the Status of the Clock Hypothesis....Pages 159-179
Why Spacetime Is Not a Hidden Cause: A Realist Story....Pages 181-191
Structural Explanations in Minkowski Spacetime: Which Account of Models?....Pages 193-207
Relativity of Simultaneity and Eternalism: In Defense of the Block Universe....Pages 209-237
Minkowski Space-Time and Thermodynamics....Pages 239-256
No Presentism in Quantum Gravity....Pages 257-278
Front Matter....Pages 279-279
Space-Time, Phenomenology, and the Picture Theory of Language....Pages 281-290
The Fate of Mathematical Place: Objectivity and the Theory of Lived-Space from Husserl to Casey....Pages 291-311
Back Matter....Pages 313-314